Hollywood spends hundreds of millions chasing the next Avatar or Avengers. But buried in 25 years of box office data is a genre that has been quietly outperforming every blockbuster ever made, on a fraction of the budget, with no stars, no sequels, and no safety net. The numbers are not even close.

Snow White lost Disney over $100M and became one of the biggest box office disasters in recent memory. But is it a one off mistake, or the latest sign that Disney's live action remake strategy is falling apart? I let the data answer that.

Game of Thrones fell apart in its final seasons. I analyzed the dialogue from all 73 episodes to find out why: the show shifted from political intrigue to action spectacle. Less talking, more battles. And the data proves that's what killed it.