2008 Box Office Graphed

Inspired by stream graphs and the works of Edward Tufte, Xach.com has developed a new way to display Box Office information graphically. Each graph shows the trends in the top 25 movies at the box office each weekend throughout a year of time. The color is based on the movie’s debut week. The idea is that the long-running movies will gradually start to stand out from newer movies with different colors. The above graph shows 2008 so far. Click on the image above to see it in full resolution. Look at how Iron Man (blue), Indiana Jones (Purple) and The Dark Knight (Brown) stick out. Head on over to Xach.com to see more.

  • StarBlazer101
    that is confusing ?.?
  • El Bart-O
    yeah i'd rather stick to the box office list on yahoo
  • Christopher Edwards
    That is brillant to look at, makes your eyes go funny and I got lost in it.
  • nick
    i lol @ how big the dark night section is
  • Chuck Phoenix
    BRILLIANT>.. takes a second to adjust to .. but very cool. Would be good wall art.. infact.. that very well be my next project.. Cheery O to yall at Xach.com
  • Steelo
    that's pretty damn fresh
  • Very cool.
  • You're missing that Incredible Hulk is actually way above Iron Man - i was surprised by that. The reason Iron Man stands out is because there ae less high grossing movies at the same time!
  • Joe
    LOL @ The Love Guru!!!

    I love this chart, I whish I could make this with Excel at work.
  • Captain Awesome
    That's pretty awesome to look at
  • Anomaly
    I remember the New York Times did something similar to this on their website, but instead it spanned from I believe the early 80s all the way to the end of 2007, and everything was shown curved, rather than as blocks in weeks. It was interesting to see how blockbusters grew and grew.
  • hawk
    hooray for colorful graphs...this site is one step closer to becoming USA Today.
  • Jerris Beutler's Day On
    Hahah......Sex in the City did better than Cloverfield.


    Ahaha
  • Jerris Beutler's Day On
    And lol at the person who said Speed Racer was a hit in the Wolfman post. Idiots.
  • Neil
    @ Andy
    the height of where something is, isn't important its the thickness of the band over that week...so Iron man's thickness is much wider than Hulk, i.e. Iron man is bigger...the reason it looks that way is because they're all stacked...
  • Neil
    @ Andy
    the height of where something is, isn't important its the thickness of the band over that week...so Iron man's thickness is much wider than Hulk, i.e. Iron man is bigger...the reason it looks that way is because they're all stacked...really the height demonstrates the weekend box office...so the more money a WEEKEND (not a movie) made...the higher the up the chart it rises
  • Kode
    ouuchh, Hellboy didn't deserved that lol
  • At the end of the year, someone should do a Wordle map of all the highest grossing movies.
  • Dave
    New York Times graph:
    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/23/m...

    Longer span of time, MUCH cooler to look at.
  • great steam box office graph.
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