Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2015 March 14

= March 14 =

film record by genre
Are there on web a site whit film world record by genre?--79.18.183.166 (talk) 11:17, 14 March 2015 (UTC)


 * If you mean highest grossing films then http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/ has records for the domestic market, meaning USA and Canada. The same film will often have the worldwide record. Click the films to see their worldwide gross. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * thank you for this, are there other film record by genre?--213.26.205.140 (talk) 12:46, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Highest grossing is the most discussed film record and often implied, especially for world records. Tickets sold worldwide is usually unknown. Records like most awards or best reviews are hard to state meaningfully for worldwide. Most expensive is sometimes discussed, for example List of most expensive films, but I haven't seen a record list by genre. Lots of things can be discussed but rarely are, especially by genre, for example longest film or most extras. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC

The problem with this idea is that classify movies by genre is often a matter of opinion. People disagree on how many genres there are, and it's very common for a film to have aspects of two or more genres and then someone has to decide which one it "really" is. If 20% of a movie is funny and 80% is poignant, is it a drama (with comic relief), a comedy-drama, a tragicomedy, or what? Similarly with action-adventure vs. thriller vs. suspense vs. horror, or science fiction vs. space opera vs. fantasy. You may have a clear idea in your mind as to which genres exist and how they are defined, but someone else is sure to have a different idea. So there's no way to compile any standardized lists. --65.94.48.86 (talk) 19:57, 14 March 2015 (UTC)


 * The IMDb has some stuff here, but again it's only for the US market. On the right hand side you'll find a list of genres. When you click one, it doesn't seem to take you where you'd think it should, but you'll find useful genre-based charts along the right hand side, including user-rating, highest grossing, and so on. The thing is, I'm absolutely positive that they also used to list worldwide records as well, though I'm not seeing that now. Maybe you will have some luck clicking around. The boxofficemojo link given above is apparently only for movies released since 1980. This link on Filmsite lists the highest grossing movies world-wide, but doesn't specify genre; you'd have to add that yourself. Matt Deres (talk) 12:38, 16 March 2015 (UTC)