Course:VANT149/2024/Capstone/Science/Team8
The Relationship between Rotten Tomatoes Ratings of Movies and Their Weekend-to-weekend Box Office Drops
Abstract
This project aims to investigate the regression relationship between Rotten Tomatoes ratings and the weekly box office drops of movies based on 200 movie samples from the Top 1,000 Lifetime Grosses Movies. Audience and critic ratings were set as independent variables while the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th box office drops were set as dependent variables. The regression modeling and data visualization tool used for the data analysis was R. Data of movies’ domestic box office opening, distributor, and genre were also collected to find out their potential influence on the research question. The findings will provide insights into consumer behavior and the influence of digital platforms on the film industry, filling the gap in the long-term impact of movie ratings on box office performance.
Biographies
Sizhao Li (He/him/his)
Sizhao Li, a science student at the University of British Columbia, is intrigued by the subject of statistics. With passion to data analysis and hobby in watching movies and listening to music, he determined to dedicate a specialization that links his academic goal to his personal interests.
Boyi Zhang (He/him/his)
Boyi Zhang is a first-year international student in the Vantage One Science Program (2023-2024) at The University of British Columbia. Following his first year at UBC, his primary focus of study is on a major in computer science and statistics. In his free time, Boyi enjoys watching movies and TV series.
Xuyang Cheng (He/him/his)
Xuyang Cheng is an international student from China currently studying at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He plans to major in fields related to computer science and mathematics. Cheng is currently engaged in a research project exploring the relationship between movie reviews and box office trends.