Research Guides @ Fordham: Film & Television Studies: Ratings, Viewership & Box Office

Film Ratings (i.e. "appropriateness" of content by age)

FilmRatings.com
From the Classification & Ratings Administration (CARA) of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Offers information about film ratings, ratings classification, and other resources.
A Code to Govern the Making of Motion and Talking Pictures
Known as The Hays Code, this 1944 reprint of the original Motion Picture Production Code was digitized by the Margaret Herrick Library. These rules influenced American films from 1930-1968.

Nielsen Resources (i.e. popularity & viewership)

Nielsen Ratings
Offers top 10 lists of most popular items Americans are watching and playing through streaming, broadcast television, video games, by ad spend, and by demographic category.
Nielsen Insights
Provides news, reports, and other insights.

Box Office Statistics

Box Office Mojo
Domestic and international box office data from 1977 to present from IMDb.

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