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IMDb Announces the 2018 Box Office Champs and the IMDb Most Anticipated Movies and TV Shows of 2019

IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today revealed the Top-Grossing Domestic Releases of 2018 (as of December 10, 2018), according to Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online box-office report and a service of IMDbPro (www.imdbpro.com). Additionally, IMDb shared the Top Movies and TV Shows fans are most excited to watch in 2019. Rather than base its annual rankings on small statistical samplings or reviews from professional critics, IMDb determines its list of most anticipated movies and TV shows by the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to IMDb. This exclusive and definitive data is derived from the IMDbPro MOVIEmeter rankings, which are updated weekly throughout the year.

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IMDb, the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today r ...

IMDb, the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today revealed the Top Movies fans are most excited to watch in 2019. Rather than base its annual rankings on small statistical samplings or reviews from professional critics, IMDb determines its list by the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to IMDb. (Photo: Business Wire)

The IMDb “Best of 2018” section features a variety of additional year-end Top 10 lists as well as retrospective photo galleries, trailers, original videos (including an upcoming In Memoriam video) and other year-end coverage. To visit the IMDb “Best of 2018” section, go to: http://www.imdb.com/bestof.

IMDbPro Top-Grossing Domestic Releases of 2018 (as of December 10, 2018)

1. Black Panther - $700,059,566

2. Avengers: Infinity War - $678,815,482

3. Incredibles 2 - $608,574,642

4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - $416,769,345

5. Deadpool 2 - $318,491,426

6. Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) - $223,324,225

7. Mission: Impossible - Fallout - $220,159,104

8. Ant-Man and the Wasp - $216,648,740

9. Solo: A Star Wars Story - $213,767,512

10. Venom (2018) - $212,718,480

*As of Dec. 10, 2018, these 10 movies had the highest box-office grosses in the U.S. and Canada during the 2018 calendar year, according to the IMDbPro box-office reporting service, Box Office Mojo. Domestic and worldwide box office data such as daily and/or weekend grosses, theater counts and box office rank for tens of thousands of titles is featured on IMDbPro for members to explore.

IMDb Most-Anticipated Movies of 2019*

1. Captain Marvel

2. Avengers: Endgame

3. Dark Phoenix

4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

5. The Irishman

6. It: Chapter Two

7. Glass

8. Joker

9. Aladdin

10. Hellboy

*Among the movies with planned releases in the U.S. in 2019, these 10 movies were consistently most popular with IMDb users as determined by the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to IMDb worldwide. This exclusive data is derived from the IMDbPro MOVIEmeter rankings, which are updated weekly throughout the year. IMDb users can add these and other titles to their IMDb Watchlist. To learn more, go to: https://www.imdb.com/watchlist.

IMDb Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2019*

1. Good Omens

2. I Am the Night

3. The Passage

4. The Umbrella Academy

5. Watchmen

6. The Boys

7. Deadly Class

8. Good Trouble

9. Doom Patrol

10. His Dark Materials

*The 10 new TV shows and miniseries that will have series premieres in 2019 and consistently ranked highest on the IMDbPro proprietary weekly TV rankings throughout 2018. IMDbPro rankings are based on the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to IMDb worldwide. To learn more about adding the above titles to your IMDb Watchlist, go to: http://www.imdb.com/Watchlist.

Additional insight into trending movies, TV shows and professionals as well as comprehensive box office data is available to IMDbPro (www.imdbpro.com) members throughout the year. Exclusive STARmeter and MOVIEmeter rankings are updated weekly on both the IMDbPro site and its iPhone and Android apps. Domestic and worldwide box office data including daily and/or weekend grosses, theater counts and box office rank for tens of thousands of titles is featured on IMDbPro for members to explore. This data is powered by Box Office Mojo, the leading online box-office report and a service of IMDbPro. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and representation information; tools to manage and showcase their IMDb profile, including the ability to select their primary images and the credits they are best “known for”; exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by page views on IMDb; the IMDbPro app for iPhone and Android; IMDbPro Track, which empowers members using the app to receive personalized entertainment industry news and notifications on the people and film and TV projects they want to follow; and a convenient tool that generates custom digital assets to promote their work on social media and other platforms. Other IMDbPro member-only benefits include the ability to explore more than 25,000 in-development film and TV titles not available on IMDb. To become a member today, visit www.imdbpro.com.

To learn more about the IMDb Most Anticipated Movies of 2019, watch this video: https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi265206297.

To learn more about this year’s Box Office milestones, watch this video: https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi2939206169.

About IMDb

IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. The IMDb consumer site (www.imdb.com) is the #1 movie website in the world with a combined web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly visitors. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 250 million data items including more than 5 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and more than 8 million cast and crew members. Consumers rely on the information IMDb provides -- including local movie showtimes, ticketing, trailers, critic and user reviews, personalized recommendations, photo galleries, entertainment news, quotes, trivia, box-office data, editorial feature sections and a universal Watchlist – when deciding what to watch and where to watch it. IMDb's portfolio of leading entertainment apps (http://www.imdb.com/apps/) includes its popular "Movies & TV" app for iPhone, iPad, Fire tablets, Android phones, Android tablets and its mobile-optimized website. To date, there have been more than 150 million downloads of IMDb's mobile apps worldwide. IMDb X-Ray for Movies & TV Shows is a feature that revolutionizes the viewing experience by bringing the power of IMDb directly to Fire HD, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The IMDb Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and official Twitter account (https://twitter.com/imdb) are followed by more than 12 million passionate entertainment fans. IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com) is the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals. This membership-based service includes comprehensive information and tools that are designed to help entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their career. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and representation information; tools to manage and showcase their IMDb profile, including the ability to select their primary images and the credits they are best "known for"; exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by page views on IMDb; the IMDbPro app for iPhoneand Android; IMDbPro Track, which empowers members using the app to receive personalized entertainment industry news and notifications on the people and film and TV projects they want to follow; and a convenient tool that generates custom digital assets to promote their work on social media and other platforms. Additionally, IMDb owns and operates Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online box-office reporting service. IMDb.com is operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) (http://www.amazon.com). To learn more, go to: http://www.imdb.com/press.

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Katie Sann
press@imdb.com

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