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The Soundtrack Waveform

Layered waves show how multilingual releases amplify audience reach.

filmimdbtmdblanguagereach
Dataset scope
664
films
1952–2024
release years
Languages
layers
Waveform
format
Layers separate mono, dual, and multilingual releases to show reach differences.
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Hypothesis

More languages correlate with broader reach and higher revenue.

Question: Does multilingualism correlate with higher revenue or popularity?

Method: Compare revenue and popularity by language count across decades.

Prediction: Language count increases over time and predicts higher impact.

Test: Compare distributions across language-count bins.

Narrative Arc
Act I

Single-language waves establish the baseline.

Act II

Multilingual layers stack into richer harmonics.

Act III

Amplitude reveals reach across decades.

Datasets
  • imdb.film_languages
  • tmdb.movies
  • soundtrack-waveform.json
Limitations
  • Language counts may reflect distribution metadata, not dialogue.
  • Revenue data is incomplete for some releases.
  • Decade averages hide within-decade variance.
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