It was a good year for movies…. I’m not sure if the excitement of Barbenheimer will be reproduced again, or have any longer-lasting effects on the theater-going public, but I saw a bunch of really good movies (and there are some very well-regarded ones I haven’t had the chance to see yet!)
While my numbers are similar to 2022, we travelled quite a bit this year, so I’m actually a little surprised they are as high as they were. This can mostly be attributed to the film club returning to semi-normal combined with being able to attend most of the Fall Focus this year.
In 2021, I saw 13 movies in a theatre, in 2022 I saw 39. In 2023, I saw 77! Even omitting the shorts, that is pre-pandemic levels for me, for sure!
My ratio of first to repeat viewings continues to creep up, with 83% of the movies I saw this year being first timers.
The genre breakdown is pretty typical, for me
You can find the charts for 2023 here. Once you are there you can use the filter controls at the top to slice and dice the data as you see fit.
(If you are interested in the technical guts of these graphs, you can find the source code here)