Resources & Glossary

Definitions and sources used to understand the Pixar movie dataset.

Glossary

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Rotten Tomatoes Score
The percentage of professional critic reviews categorized as positive. For example, a 96% score means that 96% of the counted critic reviews were considered positive.
Metacritic Score
A weighted score from 0 to 100 based on professional critic reviews. It is designed to represent the overall strength of critical reception.
Worldwide Box Office
The amount of money a movie earns through theatrical ticket sales around the world, including domestic and international theaters.
Production Budget
The estimated amount of money spent producing a movie. This usually does not include all additional costs such as worldwide marketing.
Critical Success
How positively a movie is evaluated by professional critics. This project uses Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores as measurements of critical success.
Commercial Success
How well a movie performs financially. This project uses worldwide box office revenue as the main measurement of commercial success.

Data Sources

Rotten Tomatoes

Used to compare critical reception and Rotten Tomatoes scores across Pixar movies.

Rotten Tomatoes: All Pixar Movies Ranked

Pixar Film Data

Used as a reference for movie release years, budgets, Metacritic scores, and worldwide box office totals.

List of Pixar Films

How These Sources Are Used

The different sources allow movies to be compared using more than one measurement of success. Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic help represent critical reception, while production budget and worldwide box office provide information about financial performance.