We at ScreenHub wade through a lot of statistics so you don’t have to. Often the work is depressing as we hunt for the positive directions our sector needs. A UK company called Uswitch sent us a statistics release which is actually fun and clicks neatly into our sense of humour. Along the way it provides a link to a fascinating database, called latest Netflix data with thousands of attributes which geeks and producers will pore over for hours, entry by entry.
Indeed, there are warnings all over the internet about using IMDB ratings or the Tomatometer etc. Here is a basic description of how they work.