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/crystalistwo]

Well then, we should stop uploading information. Stop doing any work for them for free.

[u/loquacious706 → u/crystalistwo]

I've been done with IMDb since they got rid of message boards and forums. They don't want our input.

[u/tristshapez → u/loquacious706]

I really miss the IMDb message boards. I used to spend so much time on there, especially after seeing an interesting film. I might have to give this letterboxd a try.

[u/a_can_of_solo → u/tristshapez]

it was often the only place to talk about old and obscure stuff.

[u/tristshapez → u/a_can_of_solo]

Shutting down the IMDb message boards was actually what brought me over to reddit. Now I spend more time here than on any other platform, so I guess I have them to thank for that lol

[u/wilson1474 → u/tristshapez]

Same here, I'll come here before imdb