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Type of site | Film, box office revenue |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Owner | Bruce Nash / Nash Information Services, LLC [1] |
| URL | the-numbers |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 1997 |
| Current status | Active |
The Numbers is a film industry data website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The company also conducts research services and forecasts incomes of film projects. [2]
The site was launched in 1997 by Bruce Nash. [3] [4]
On March 21, 2020, the Numbers released a statement that because of movie theater closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, "We don't expect much box office reporting in the short term" and did not report the usual daily box office estimates due to lack of box office data from film studios. [5]
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