The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith

On the air since April 2021 · theqandapodcast.com

101Films
151Episodes
2 yrsAvg. film age

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Milestones

First filmThe VirtuosoApr 30, 2021
25th filmCODAFeb 15, 2022
50th filmTriangle of SadnessFeb 22, 2023
LatestBuddyOct 20, 2026

WHO'S IN IT

Directors

Cast

BY THE NUMBERS

How the films rate on TMDB

Median 6.9 out of 10 · 92 films with 50+ votes
2.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 0 films44.5 to 5.0: 2 films25.0 to 5.5: 3 films355.5 to 6.0: 10 films106.0 to 6.5: 12 films1266.5 to 7.0: 27 films277.0 to 7.5: 18 films1877.5 to 8.0: 17 films178.0 to 8.5: 2 films288.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films92.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 0 films44.5 to 5.0: 2 films25.0 to 5.5: 3 films355.5 to 6.0: 10 films106.0 to 6.5: 12 films1266.5 to 7.0: 27 films277.0 to 7.5: 18 films1877.5 to 8.0: 17 films178.0 to 8.5: 2 films288.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

Project Hail Mary★ 8.6 / 10 · 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day★ 8.5 / 10 · 2026
The Wild Robot★ 8.3 / 10 · 2024

Lowest rated on TMDB

Habit★ 4.6 / 10 · 2021
Siberia★ 4.9 / 10 · 2020
Mayday★ 5.0 / 10 · 2021

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$14.0BWorldwide gross
$4.7BCombined budgets
51% hits28% flops · 21% in between

Biggest hits

Spider-Man: Brand New Day$2.5B on a $225M budget
Spider-Man: No Way Home$1.9B on a $200M budget
The Batman$773M on a $185M budget

Biggest flops

The Boondock Saints$0.0M on a $6.0M budget
Walker$0.3M on a $5.8M budget
The Order$2.0M on a $20M budget

THE MIX

89% of the films are American and 13 are from the United Kingdom. 7 aren't in English, mostly French and German. 94 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Drama36
Comedy34
Thriller31
Action26
Horror21
Science Fiction20
Crime18

Release decades

1980s: 2 films2'80s1990s: 1 film1'90s2000s: 2 films2'00s2010s: 1 film1'10s2020s: 95 films95'20s

Franchises

Mission: Impossible2 of 8 films covered
Predator2 of 6 films covered
Spider-Man (MCU)2 of 4 films covered