History[edit]
Brandon Gray began the site on August 7, 1998,[1] making forecasts of the top-10 highest-grossing films in the United States for the following weekend.[2]
To compare his forecasts to the actual results, he started posting the weekend grosses and wrote a regular column with box-office analysis. On October 10, 2014, all traffic to Box Office Mojo was redirected to IMDb's box office page,[10][11] before returning the following day.[12]
On October 23, 2019, Box Office Mojo unveiled a dramatic redesign resembling IMDb, and was rebranded as "Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro". The site gradually expanded to include weekend charts going back to 1982, grosses for older films, an international section expanded to cover the weekly box office of 50 countries, international release schedules, as well as box office results from up to 107 countries.
The IMDb forums were closed on February 20, 2017.[7]
Acquisition by IMDb[edit]
In July 2008, the company was purchased by Amazon.com through its subsidiary, IMDb[8][9] and the Premier Pass features and content later became free.[5] Along with the weekend grosses, he was publishing the daily grosses, release schedules, and other charts, such as all-time charts, international box-office charts, genre charts, and actor and director charts.
