SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today unveiled the Top 10 Movies and TV Shows of 2018. Rather than base its annual rankings on small statistical samplings or reviews from professional critics, IMDb determines its list of most popular movies by the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to IMDb. This exclusive and definitive data is derived from the IMDbPro MOVIEmeter rankings, which are updated weekly throughout the year.
The IMDb Best of 2018 section features a variety of additional year-end Top 10 lists as well as retrospective photo galleries, trailers, original videos (including an upcoming In Memoriam video) and other year-end coverage. To visit the IMDb Best of 2018 section, go to: https://www.imdb.com/best-of.
IMDb Top 10 Movies of 2018*
3. Deadpool 2
4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
5. The Meg
6. Venom
7. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
*Among the movies released in the U.S. in 2018, these 10 movies were consistently most popular with IMDb users as determined by the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to IMDb worldwide. This exclusive and definitive data is derived from IMDbPro MOVIEmeter rankings, which are updated weekly throughout the year. IMDb users can add these and other titles to their IMDb Watchlist, available at https://www.imdb.com/watchlist.
IMDb Top 10 TV Shows of 2018*
2. Black Mirror
3. Westworld
8. Vikings
10. Shameless
*The 10 TV shows in production during 2018 that consistently ranked highest on the proprietary weekly TV rankings on IMDbPro throughout the year. IMDbPro rankings are based on the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to IMDb worldwide. IMDb users can add these and other titles to their IMDb Watchlist, available at https://www.imdb.com/watchlist.
To learn more about this year’s Top TV Shows, watch this video: https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi717535769
To find out more about this year’s Top Movies from filmmaker and superfan Kevin Smith, watch this video: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls025849840/videoplayer/vi700758553
For comparison purposes, the IMDb 2017 year-end Top 10 lists are available here: www.imdb.com/best-of/2017
Additional insight into trending movies, TV shows and professionals is available to IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com) members through its exclusive STARmeter and MOVIEmeter rankings. This data is updated weekly on the site and its recently launched iPhone and Android apps. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and representation information; tools to manage and showcase their IMDb profile, including the ability to select their primary images and the credits they are best “known for”; exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by page views on IMDb; the IMDbPro app for iPhone and Android; IMDbPro Track, which empowers members using the app to receive personalized entertainment industry news and notifications on the people and film and TV projects they want to follow; and a convenient tool that generates custom digital assets to promote their work on social media and other platforms. Other IMDbPro member-only benefits include the ability to explore more than 25,000 in-development film and TV titles not available on IMDb. To become a member today, visit www.imdbpro.com.
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