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Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. The site was down for over a week, without explanation. A week later, it resurfaced at a fraction of its former size.
- ▪Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people.
- ▪The site was down for over a week, without explanation.
- ▪A week later, it resurfaced at a fraction of its former size.
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What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us allThe inside story of how one of film data's most trusted sites vanished overnight, and why every website you rely on is more fragile than you think.Stephen FollowsJul 22, 20261251139ShareIf you work in or around the film industry, there is a decent chance you have used the work of The Numbers this month, whether you realise it or not. Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people.
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