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-   -   RIP Box Office Mojo (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/622884-rip-box-office-mojo.html)

Troy Stiffler 10-11-14 09:18 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
I haven't liked IMDB since they updated in the early 2000's. It always froze up my browser for a few seconds.

Also, because Wikipedia is generally just as informative. IMDB goes further in depth. But it's mostly useless.

RocShemp 10-11-14 09:46 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
I've never once gone to Box Office Mojo.

TheMovieman 10-11-14 10:15 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema (Post 12265674)
Boxoffice.com is where I've been going to lately. They are much faster with box office numbers than BOM.
That's true, but BOM had better historical keeping of past numbers. For instance, I liked checking out the box office history of the James Bond franchise.

fumanstan 10-11-14 10:18 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Yeah, I loved all the different categories that Box Office Mojo had; it was easy for me to compare similar movies and categories like how the Marvel movies compare to each other.

Nick Danger 10-11-14 11:07 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
I guess y'all will have to buy IMDbPro to see the good stuff.

Troy Stiffler 10-11-14 11:51 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Said no one ever.

Ranger 10-11-14 03:24 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Just found out today. What a bummer.

DonnachaOne 10-11-14 09:21 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
And it's BACK!

'tis the season for resurrection!

RoboDad 10-11-14 10:55 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne (Post 12266251)
And it's BACK!

'tis the season for resurrection!
Well, sorta. It is back, but with stale (3 days old) data.

GatorDeb 10-11-14 11:04 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
????? I love that site.

This makes me :sad:

dhmac 10-12-14 01:21 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
That's some bad mojo!

fumanstan 10-12-14 01:30 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Seems normal again with the weekend estimates.

TomOpus 10-12-14 01:40 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Nothing's coming up when I go there :(

islandclaws 10-12-14 01:45 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
^ Same here.

Solid Snake 10-12-14 02:04 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Works for me fine.

EDIT: NVM. It isn't coming up anymore. I JUST went there 1 minute ago. And now it ain't coming up. Just a blank.

Hailey G 10-12-14 03:55 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Working fine now for me.

Solid Snake 10-12-14 04:33 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
so what was up with BOM?

fumanstan 10-12-14 04:42 PM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
It's up, but all the commentary seems to be gone now.

Really weird.

B5Erik 10-13-14 04:35 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Originally Posted by fumanstan (Post 12267079)
It's up, but all the commentary seems to be gone now.

Really weird.
Yeah, their weekend recaps were really informative. I'd hate to see them go away permanently.

It's interesting that the current owners of BOM have made no statement about what is going on.

Maybe the people who started the site can create a new box office website if the recaps and other columns are discontinued on BOM. I don't know how realistic that would be, though, as it would take a lot of work to do that.

kd5 10-13-14 08:05 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
That message which stated the database was fried means it is probably just taking longer to get the site back up to snuff. It's only been 3 days...

Still, someone could have at least commented on it to allay fears.

TheMovieman 10-13-14 09:53 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
I think it's more than a hardware or software issue. Here's a story from the LA Times:

The website Box Office Mojo, a go-to resource for data on movies and money, is back online after mysteriously disappearing on Friday.


Box-office data fiends who tried to use Boxofficemojo.com on Friday were redirected to the website of the Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com.


This prompted a wave of speculation from those who use the site religiously to track the performance of films at the multiplex. Hollywood trades including The Wrap and Variety published reports on the sudden disappearance, and some wondered if the site had been permanently folded into IMDb.
Box Office Mojo was acquired in 2008 by IMDb, which is in turn owned by the Internet retail giant Amazon.



On Saturday night, Box Office Mojo was back to normal.


Ray Subers, who runs the site, wrote from his Twitter account: "I think it's about time to resume normal programming here..."


He added: "Actually, two things. 1) I am 100% OK. No health/family/personal issues whatsoever. 2) I will not be answering any Qs re: the past 3 days."


Neither IMDb nor Amazon responded to questions about Box Office Mojo.


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...012-story.html

stingermck 10-13-14 09:53 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Originally Posted by kd5 (Post 12267767)
Still, someone could have at least commented on it to allay fears.

Box Office Mojo is back online, and its editor isn't taking questions

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/10/1...ice-mojo-imdb/

Hokeyboy 10-13-14 10:45 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Three days offline, not a word, and then they're back up but refusing to answer questions about what happened?

Odd...

TheMovieman 10-13-14 11:24 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
Could've been some kind of contract dispute.

islandclaws 10-13-14 11:49 AM
Re: RIP Box Office Mojo
 
I wonder if IMDB/Amazon decided to pull the plug and it greatly upset some big Hollywood players, prompting them to reinstate the site.


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