Robert Eggers
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“But I don’t really care what people call it,” “If people call it a horror movie it’s fine, if people call it a psychological thriller, suspense, whatever… cosmic horror, whatever, it’s all par for the course. I think all these terms are just helpful for people to talk about things that they like” 
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“And he paid a living wage and through that I started to get some more print work where I could also be the designer or the stylist myself because there’s no union in that world,”
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“how many people have understood my intentions” “Like, it’s really quite shocking. It’s awesome”
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“I literally have no money – can you can I clean the fucking storage closet?”
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“It does on the very surface level say: old,”
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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about Willem Dafoe
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“Willem Dafoe is one of the greatest actors who ever lived. He deserves the real thing,”
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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about Rob Pattinson
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“There was a point when we realised that the film has to be the same beat over and over again to work,” “But… how do you convey that Rob is going mad from the repetition, and trying to keep the audience members feeling like it’s a little bit tedious without making the audience just want to leave the theatre? And I think for some audience members we did not succeed”
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“I have a very clear sense of what I’m trying to do and if I can’t do that I’m not going to be happy,” “There were things I wrote that didn’t get made and it was quite painful”
thejournal Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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about Willem Dafoe
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“The hope is that people go in there like, ‘(Expletive), I’m watching a boring Hungarian art-house movie,'” “And then Willem starts farting and there’s a clue that there’s something else going on”
citynews-ca Friday, October 25, 2019 12:52:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“For me, it was a mea culpa after ‘The Witch,'”
citynews-ca Friday, October 25, 2019 12:52:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“This is very close to how I imagined it, much more so than ‘The Witch.’ It’s partly because I know what I’m doing more. It’s also partly because I had more money,”
citynews-ca Friday, October 25, 2019 12:52:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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about Willem Dafoe
)
:
“The hope is that people go in there like, ‘(Expletive), I’m watching a boring Hungarian art-house movie,'” “And then Willem starts farting and there’s a clue that there’s something else going on”
seattletimes Friday, October 25, 2019 12:06:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“For me, it was a mea culpa after ‘The Witch,'”
seattletimes Friday, October 25, 2019 12:06:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“This is very close to how I imagined it, much more so than ‘The Witch.’ It’s partly because I know what I’m doing more. It’s also partly because I had more money,”
seattletimes Friday, October 25, 2019 12:06:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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about Willem Dafoe
)
:
“The hope is that people go in there like, ‘(Expletive), I’m watching a boring Hungarian art-house movie,'” “And then Willem starts farting and there’s a clue that there’s something else going on”
680news Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:41:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“For me, it was a mea culpa after ‘The Witch,'”
680news Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:41:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“This is very close to how I imagined it, much more so than ‘The Witch.’ It’s partly because I know what I’m doing more. It’s also partly because I had more money,”
680news Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:41:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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about Willem Dafoe
)
:
"The hope is that people go in there like, '(Expletive), I'm watching a boring Hungarian art-house movie,'" "And then Willem starts farting and there's a clue that there's something else going on"
beaumontenterprise Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:25:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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"For me, it was a mea culpa after 'The Witch,'"
beaumontenterprise Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:25:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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"This is very close to how I imagined it, much more so than 'The Witch.' It's partly because I know what I'm doing more. It's also partly because I had more money,"
beaumontenterprise Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:25:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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about Willem Dafoe
)
:
"The hope is that people go in there like, '(Expletive), I'm watching a boring Hungarian art-house movie,'" "And then Willem starts farting and there's a clue that there's something else going on"
startribune Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:03:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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"For me, it was a mea culpa after 'The Witch,'"
startribune Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:03:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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"This is very close to how I imagined it, much more so than 'The Witch.' It's partly because I know what I'm doing more. It's also partly because I had more money,"
startribune Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:03:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“Rob, even just the technical blocking stuff was frustrating to him, because he really likes to be spontaneous and likes to surprise the director and obviously his castmates and I think himself,”
citynews-ca Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:02:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“There’s been a deficit in films coming to Nova Scotia for tax credit reasons and stuff, so these were the Nova Scotians who decided, ‘I’m going to stick it out and make it work in Nova Scotia and not move to Vancouver and not move to Toronto’ — and they were amazing,”
citynews-ca Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:02:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“I’m from New England; they feel like New Englanders only they’re friendly,”
citynews-ca Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:02:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“Rob, even just the technical blocking stuff was frustrating to him, because he really likes to be spontaneous and likes to surprise the director and obviously his castmates and I think himself,”
680news Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:16:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“There’s been a deficit in films coming to Nova Scotia for tax credit reasons and stuff, so these were the Nova Scotians who decided, ‘I’m going to stick it out and make it work in Nova Scotia and not move to Vancouver and not move to Toronto’ — and they were amazing,”
680news Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:16:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“I’m from New England; they feel like New Englanders only they’re friendly,”
680news Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:16:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“He’s a professional — he’s not going to threaten to punch me or anything,”
suntimes Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:07:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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"barefoot, covered in mud and blood, there's broken china on the floor, it smells like something died in there, and it's freezing,"
usaToday Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:52:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“Certainly the movie makes a lot of big choices — grotesque, juvenile, stupid, over-the-top — and we stuck to them,”
bostonglobe Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:37:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers says
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“It was very pre-planned and storyboarded,” “The design of the mermaid’s genitals—based on shark labias—was all planned out, and what we call the ‘seafood salad’ shots, or the writhing tentacles and fish, those were tricky to figure out on the day”
thedailybeast Thursday, October 17, 2019 1:13:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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“I regret that I’m not able to accept this award in person,” “Thank you so much to the International Federation of Film Critics for this esteemed honour”
dhakatribune Sunday, May 26, 2019 2:02:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers recalls
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"I was doing ADR with Rob and he was like, 'My god, I look like I'm 50 years old,'"
beaumontenterprise Monday, May 20, 2019 9:26:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
beaumontenterprise Monday, May 20, 2019 9:26:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
beaumontenterprise Monday, May 20, 2019 9:26:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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“I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly,” “I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological”
seattletimes Monday, May 20, 2019 12:13:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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“I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach,” “We know what it is. You’re not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I’ve written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first”
seattletimes Monday, May 20, 2019 12:13:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers recalls
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"I was doing ADR with Rob and he was like, 'My god, I look like I'm 50 years old,'"
wsoctv Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:40:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
wsoctv Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:40:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
wsoctv Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:40:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers recalls
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"I was doing ADR with Rob and he was like, 'My god, I look like I'm 50 years old,'"
kiro7 Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:40:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
kiro7 Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:40:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
kiro7 Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:40:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers recalls
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"I was doing ADR with Rob and he was like, 'My god, I look like I'm 50 years old,'"
actionnewsjax Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:25:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
actionnewsjax Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:25:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
actionnewsjax Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:25:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers recalls
:
"I was doing ADR with Rob and he was like, 'My god, I look like I'm 50 years old,'"
fox13memphis Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:18:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
fox13memphis Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:18:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
fox13memphis Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:18:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
newson6 Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:16:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
newson6 Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:16:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers recalls
:
"I was doing ADR with Rob and he was like, 'My god, I look like I'm 50 years old,'"
wftv Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:12:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
wftv Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:12:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
wftv Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:12:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
news9 Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
news9 Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers recalls
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"I was doing ADR with Rob and he was like, 'My god, I look like I'm 50 years old,'"
seattlepi Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:09:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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"I started researching and decided that I would make mine a period story, unsurprisingly," "I came across a real account of two lighthouse keepers that had the same name, one older and one young, and that inspired the idea of this two-hander about identity that could evolve into something mythological"
seattlepi Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:09:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
:
"I like striving for the best interpretation of historical accuracy because I feel like that is a very high bar for all of my collaborators to reach," "We know what it is. You're not inventing things, you have clear goals. And I also like transporting an audience to another time and place. With this film, like everything that I've written or tried to write, the atmosphere comes first"
seattlepi Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:09:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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"It takes place on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of Maine but there's a way in which it should feel 'once upon a time,'" "Even though it's rusty, dusty, crusty, musty and grounded in reality, it still has some things about it that should feel like a storybook"
thepeninsulaqatar Thursday, May 16, 2019 1:04:00 AM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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“It takes place on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of Maine but there’s a way in which it should feel ‘once upon a time,'” “Even though it’s rusty, dusty, crusty, musty and grounded in reality, it still has some things about it that should feel like a storybook”
seattletimes Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:35:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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"It takes place on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of Maine but there's a way in which it should feel 'once upon a time,'" "Even though it's rusty, dusty, crusty, musty and grounded in reality, it still has some things about it that should feel like a storybook"
startribune Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:04:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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“It takes place on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of Maine but there’s a way in which it should feel ‘once upon a time,'” “Even though it’s rusty, dusty, crusty, musty and grounded in reality, it still has some things about it that should feel like a storybook”
ChinaPost Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:02:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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“It takes place on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of Maine but there’s a way in which it should feel ‘once upon a time,'” “Even though it’s rusty, dusty, crusty, musty and grounded in reality, it still has some things about it that should feel like a storybook”
680news Saturday, May 11, 2019 8:56:00 PM EAT
Robert Eggers said
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"It takes place on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of Maine but there's a way in which it should feel 'once upon a time,'" "Even though it's rusty, dusty, crusty, musty and grounded in reality, it still has some things about it that should feel like a storybook"
miamiherald Saturday, May 11, 2019 8:31:00 PM EAT
| Key Titles and Phrases | Count | Lang | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| director | 70.59% | EN | 01/20/201720/01/2017 |
| designer | 11.76% | EN | 12/22/201622/12/2016 |
| witch production designer | 5.88% | EN | 12/22/201622/12/2016 |
| diretor | 5.88% | PT | 06/16/201616/06/2016 |
| réalisateur | 5.88% | FR | 06/15/201615/06/2016 |
| Names | Lang | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Eggers | EN | 51.61% |
| Robert Eggers | FR | 35.48% |
| Robert Eggers | PT | 12.90% |
| Type | Entity Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
 | Willem Dafoe | 2.57% |
| Nicole Kidman | 2.17% |
| Anya Taylor Joy | 2.07% |
| Alexander Skarsgard | 1.68% |
 | British Broadcasting Corporation | 1.48% |
| Ethan Hawke | 1.38% |
| British | 1.28% |
| Robert Pattinson | 1.28% |
| Queen | 1.18% |
| Night Shyamalan | 1.09% |
| Warner Bros | 1.09% |
| Edgar Wright | 0.79% |
| Martin Scorsese | 0.69% |
| Marielle Heller | 0.69% |
| Lady | 0.59% |
| Adele Haenel | 0.49% |
| World Health Organization | 0.49% |
| Toronto Film Festival | 0.39% |
| London Film Festival | 0.39% |
| Mr Williams | 0.39% |
| James Nesbitt | 0.39% |
| Guy Pearce | 0.39% |
| Riot Games | 0.39% |
| Celine Sciamma | 0.39% |
| Christopher Nolan | 0.39% |
| Niall Carson | 0.39% |
| Adam Sandler | 0.39% |
| George Miller | 0.39% |
| Claes Bang | 0.39% |
| Charlize Theron | 0.39% |
| Type | Entity Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Willem Dafoe | 0.0256 |
| Anya Taylor Joy | 0.0198 |
| Alexander Skarsgard | 0.0168 |
| Nicole Kidman | 0.0164 |
| Ethan Hawke | 0.0134 |
| Robert Pattinson | 0.012 |
| Em Copenhague | 0.0112 |
| Warner Bros | 0.011 |
| Night Shyamalan | 0.0106 |
| Kate Macer | 0.0102 |
| Andrea Tonacci | 0.0087 |
| Edgar Wright | 0.0077 |
| Martin Scorsese | 0.0073 |
| John Dunstan | 0.0068 |
| Walter E Kurtz | 0.0067 |
| Jeffery Williams | 0.0063 |
| Supermassive Games | 0.0063 |
| Marielle Heller | 0.0057 |
| Emilio Torres | 0.0055 |
| Saul Guerrero | 0.0051 |
| Adele Haenel | 0.0049 |
| Jane Austen | 0.0043 |
| Queen | 0.0042 |
| Christopher Nolan | 0.0041 |
| Charlize Theron | 0.0041 |
| Mr Williams | 0.004 |
| Riot Games | 0.004 |
| Niall Carson | 0.004 |
| Adam Sandler | 0.004 |
| George Miller | 0.004 |
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