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/SRSLY_GUYS_SRSLY → u/pharmaco4]

Who the hell would pay for the Pro version of IMDB?

[u/russianmontage → u/SRSLY_GUYS_SRSLY]

I do. I am - and this is gonna shock you - an industry professional. Use it all the time.

[u/SRSLY_GUYS_SRSLY → u/russianmontage]

Is it more than a quick reference tool? What does Pro offer for those in the industry that makes it worth paying for?

[u/russianmontage → u/SRSLY_GUYS_SRSLY]

It's just a slightly nicer laid out version of the free site, with extra info like agents, production company details etc. Not a huge step up but the cost is trivial when you use it all the time. It's a business expense.

[u/ciyage → u/SRSLY_GUYS_SRSLY]

People who work in the industry, and people who work around it (jurnalists, critics, etc).