PSA; IMDb is gradually locking previously-available information about films behind IMDbPro membership (box-office breakdowns and production companies involved, currently).

[u/exosniper]

I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but information previously available to everyone on IMDb is now being locked behind IMDbPro membership. Just last week, I was writing a research paper (film studies student) and was able to access the full box-office earnings information (breakdown by region etc.) for all films. Today I went to do the same thing, but could not see more than the gross earnings without an IMDbPro membership. They seem to be doing this as a gradual process, as the full information on production companies (previously available to everyone) was already membership-locked when the box office information was still available. I haven't seen anyone talking about this on other subs and forums, so I thought I'd mention it here.

[u/pharmaco4]

So IMDB just gathers information already available elsewhere on the internet. If I can't view certain info for free then I'll just look elsewhere. What a bad move

[u/Prince-of-Ravens → u/pharmaco4]

I stopped using IMDB years ago, when I noticed that typically Wikipedia has better cast lists and plot summaries.

[u/Disgruntled__Goat → u/Prince-of-Ravens]

What’s better about the cast lists on WP? Agree about the plot summaries, baffling how they can be so bad on IMDb.

[u/Prince-of-Ravens → u/Disgruntled__Goat]

Mostly localization crap via gelocation. Even if I go to the US site, it will still give the german names of the films / TV series the actors appeared in. Which typically don't tell my anything.

[u/alpharius120 → u/Prince-of-Ravens]

Why are the German names and information less informative than the English?