Pixar-Perfect Analytics

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May 5

The best visualizations transport you through data like a movie. Yuki Lai plots the popularity of Pixar movies based on search engine volume in the United States to do just that. Her dashboard was a top-ranked submission in Storytelling with Data’s March MAPness contest. Here’s what struck me…

Brave is the most popular Pixar movie in just one state: Alaska.

Finding Nemo is tops in three states: Ohio, Virginia, and Oregon. But did you know its sequel made more money? If Finding Dory is your favorite too, your Pixar people are in Hawaii.

Cars wins the electoral college vote. Shown in pink/red, it’s #1 in fourteen states, many in NASCAR country.

Revenue and love are not always correlated. Onward, the lowest-grossing Pixar movie of all time at $103M, is number one in Utah. The Incredibles 2, the highest-grossing film of all time at $1.2B, is also most-searched-for in one state.

Try Yuki’s dashboard here. Hover over your favorite movie or state. Find your Pixar people. See what speaks to you. And have fun!