MovieData

For general access to the Wolfram Knowledgebase, use entities of type Movie instead of MovieData.

MovieData[entity,property]

gives the value of the specified property for the movie entity.

MovieData[{entity1,entity2,…},property]

gives a list of property values for the specified movie entities.

MovieData[entity,property,annotation]

gives the specified annotation associated with the given property.

Details

  • MovieData[] gives a list of all movie entities.
  • MovieData["Properties"] gives a list of available properties.
  • The specified entity in MovieData can be an Entity, EntityClass, entity canonical name, or list thereof.
  • The specified property can be an EntityProperty, EntityPropertyClass, property canonical name, or list of properties.
  • Properties that do not apply or are not known in a particular case are indicated by Missing[…].
  • Properties include:
  • "Advisory"rating advisory
    "CastAndRoles"cast and roles
    "Company"company
    "Director"director
    "DomesticBoxOfficeGross"US box office total receipts
    "DomesticDailyBoxOfficeChange"latest US daily box office change in receipts
    "DomesticDailyBoxOfficeGross"latest US daily box office receipts
    "DomesticDailyBoxOfficeRank"latest US daily box office rank
    "DomesticDailyCumulativeBoxOfficeGross"total US box office receipts
    "DomesticDailyNumberOfTheaters"latest US daily number of screens
    "DomesticDailyPerTheaterAverageGross"latest US daily average receipts per screen
    "DomesticWeekendBoxOfficeChange"latest US weekend box office change in receipts
    "DomesticWeekendBoxOfficeGross"latest US weekend box office receipts
    "DomesticWeekendBoxOfficeRank"latest US weekend box office rank
    "DomesticWeekendNumberOfTheaters"latest US weekend number of screens
    "DomesticWeekendPerTheaterAverageGross"latest US weekend average receipts per screen
    "DomesticWeeklyBoxOfficeGross"latest US weekly box office receipts
    "DomesticWeeklyCumulativeBoxOfficeGross"total US box office receipts
    "Genres"genre
    "HighestDailyAveragePerScreen"highest daily average receipts per screen
    "HighestDailyBoxOfficeChange"best daily box office change in receipts
    "HighestDailyBoxOfficeGross"highest daily box office receipts
    "HighestDailyRank"highest daily rank
    "HighestDailyScreens"maximum daily number of screens
    "HighestWeekendAveragePerScreen"highest weekend average receipts per screen
    "HighestWeekendBoxOfficeChange"best weekend box office change in receipts
    "HighestWeekendBoxOfficeGross"highest weekend box office receipts
    "HighestWeekendRank"highest weekend box office rank
    "HighestWeekendScreens"maximum weekend number of screens
    "HighestWeeklyBoxOfficeGross"highest weekly US box office receipts
    "Image"image
    "Language"language
    "Name"title
    "Producers"producer
    "ProductionBudget"production budget
    "ReleaseDate"release date
    "Runtime"runtime
    "WorkingTitles"working title
    "Writers"writer
  • Some properties are available for MovieData as a whole and can be given using the form MovieData[property]. Such properties include:
  • "Entities"all available entities
    "EntityCount"total number of available entities
    "Classes"all available entity classes
    "EntityClassCount"total number of available entity classes
    "SampleEntities"list of sample entities
    "SampleEntityClasses"list of sample entity classes
    "EntityCanonicalNames"list of all entity canonical names
    "PropertyCanonicalNames"list of all property canonical names
    "EntityClassCanonicalNames"list of all entity class canonical names
    "RandomEntities"pseudorandom sample entities
    {"RandomEntities",n}n pseudorandom entities
    "RandomEntityClasses"pseudorandom sample entity classes
    {"RandomEntityClasses",n}n pseudorandom entity classes
  • The following annotations can be used in the third argument of MovieData[entity,property,annotation]:
  • "Qualifiers"the list of possible qualifiers for the property
    "QualifierValues"the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier
    "DefaultQualifierValues"the list of default values for the property's qualifiers
    "Description"a brief textual description of the property
    "Definition"a detailed textual definition of the property
    "Source"source information for the property
    "Date"the date associated with the entity-property value (if any)
    "PhysicalQuantity"the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value
    "Unit"the unit associated with the entity-property value
    "EntityAssociation"an association of entities and entity-property values
    "PropertyAssociation"an association of properties and entity-property values
  • If a function is provided as an annotation, it will be used to aggregate the result data. Typical aggregation functions include:
  • Minthe minimum value
    Maxthe maximum value
    Meanthe mean value
    Commonestthe most frequently occurring value
    Medianthe median value
    Totalreturns the total
    Lengththe number of elements

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Use for discovery of Dr. No:

Find the production budget of a movie:

Explore cast lists for movies:

Get a list of sample entities for movies:

Obtain a sample list of classes of movies:

Find which movies are in a given class:

Compare properties of several movies:

Neat Examples  (1)

Display posters for a movie franchise:

Wolfram Research (2014), MovieData, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MovieData.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), MovieData, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MovieData.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "MovieData." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MovieData.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). MovieData. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MovieData.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_moviedata, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MovieData}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MovieData.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_moviedata, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MovieData}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MovieData.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}