Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2018 November 26

= November 26 =

Does anyone have access to IMDbPro?
https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt4701182?rf=cons_tt_bo_tt&ref_=cons_tt_bo_tt

I was looking for a source for the $128 million budget for the film. Its only available on IMDbPro, which has a paid subscription. Despite the film haveing a source for $102 million, I've seen numerous ip users edit it to $128, which all seem to point back to IMDb. Anyways, anyone have idea whats the information behind the paywall? Hayholt (talk) 13:57, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I don't. If you don't get an answer here, you could also try Resource Request. However, you should be aware that IMDb is not considered a reliable source, as the content is user-generated. Matt Deres (talk) 14:07, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * , perhaps I will put a Resource Request. However, I still rather have a look to find a unreliable source or nonsense. On the other hand, it could actually have a reliable one. This is preferable than having some ambiguity or unknown. Hayholt (talk) 14:32, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * , I may have been unclear - someone at Resource Request may have the IMDb-Pro access you're looking for. I don't recall seeing it previously, but there's no harm in asking. However, any answer you found at IMDb would have to be for your own satisfaction as it's not suitable for us to use as a reference. I suppose it's possible that IMDb would have a link to a proper source. One quick thought is that the disparity is due to the larger number including marketing costs, which are often noted as a separate line item in Hollywood accounting. Matt Deres (talk) 18:11, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * The budget itself is visible on IMDb and without logging in to IMDb Pro. I'm pretty sure the OP simply thinks there's more info, hopefully a source on IMDb Pro but doesn't know if it's reliable or not and understand that IMDb is not reliable. (Probably they think so because IMDb says "See more on IMDbPro" for the $128 million budget.) The best sources I can find are [//www.filmla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2017_film_study_v3-WEB.pdf] [//speedsociety.com/our-favorite-transformer-is-getting-his-own-movie-watch-the-official-bumblebee-trailer/] neither of which seem reliable. Note that most discussions seem to agree the $128 million refers to the production budget only e.g. [//www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/9vodj4/other_could_bumblebee_bomb/]. Nil Einne (talk) 05:31, 27 November 2018 (UTC)