Data Processing Times

We process huge volumes of invaluable data which is submitted by you, our contributors. Whilst we try to ensure that we process submissions as soon as possible, we also apply levels of prioritization against different data to ensure that we get the highest profile data types for the most viewed pages to the site as quickly as possible to ensure the best possible user experience.

Page updated 17 April 2015 using data from 16 April 2015.

The number of unprocessed items against each data type is in the table below.
This is intended to provide our contributors with a processing overview of every data type.

Unprocessed items within SLA: 93.85%. Unprocessed items outside SLA: 6.15% = 1481 items.

We do apologize if any backlog affects submissions that you have made and will endeavor to clear the backlogs as soon as possible.

Please note the date given for the oldest item does not mean that no submissions have been processed since that date for that particular data type.

New Events: We have re-opened New Events submissions - see relevant thread.


Data Type SLA Oldest Item Elapsed business days Unprocessed Items
Aspect Ratio BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 7
Award Nominations SILVER 13 April 2015 3 710
Award Nominee Company SILVER 13 April 2015 3 202
Award Nominee Name SILVER 13 April 2015 3 772
Award Nominee Title SILVER 12 April 2015 4 590
Awards SILVER 16 April 2015 0 34
Bio: Birth Date GOLD 13 April 2015 3 404
Bio: Death Date GOLD 16 April 2015 0 18
Bio: Height GOLD 15 April 2015 1 15
Bio: Mini Biography GOLD 16 April 2015 0 82
Bio: Nicknames BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 5
Bio: Other Works BRONZE 14 April 2015 2 48
Bio: Print Biographies GOLD 16 April 2015 0 4
Bio: Quotes GOLD 16 April 2015 0 17
Bio: Real Name GOLD 16 April 2015 0 4
Bio: Spouse GOLD 16 April 2015 0 31
Bio: Trademarks GOLD 14 April 2015 2 18
Bio: Trivia GOLD 16 April 2015 0 183
Business: Budget GOLD 15 April 2015 1 33
Business: Copyright Holder GOLD 15 April 2015 1 100
Business: Production Dates GOLD 16 April 2015 0 1
Business: Shooting Dates GOLD 16 April 2015 0 2
Camera BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 1
Certificates GOLD 13 April 2015 3 158
Colour Info BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 6
Company Corrections PLATINUM 15 April 2015 1 165
Company Credits: Distributors BRONZE 10 April 2015 4 267
Company Credits: International Sales Agents BRONZE 13 April 2015 3 2
Company Credits: Law Firm Companies BRONZE 15 April 2015 1 1
Company Credits: Location Facilities Companies BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 6
Company Credits: Miscellaneous Companies BRONZE 10 April 2015 4 197
Company Credits: Office Services Companies BRONZE 15 April 2015 1 1
Company Credits: Post Production Facilities Companies BRONZE 15 April 2015 1 3
Company Credits: Production Companies GOLD 10 April 2015 4 398
Company Credits: Production Equipment Companies BRONZE 10 April 2015 4 2
Company Credits: Security Services Companies BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 1
Company Credits: Special Effects Companies BRONZE 10 April 2015 4 17
Company Primary Text PLATINUM 15 April 2015 1 165
Complete: Cast SILVER 16 April 2015 0 1
Complete: Crew SILVER 16 April 2015 0 2
Connections GOLD 16 April 2015 0 39
Countries SILVER 11 April 2015 4 105
Crazy Credits PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 2
Filmography: Animation-department SILVER 30 March 2015 11 87
Filmography: Art-department SILVER 28 March 2015 12 485
Filmography: Art-directors SILVER 28 March 2015 12 45
Filmography: Assistant-directors SILVER 28 March 2015 12 177
Filmography: Camera-department SILVER 28 March 2015 12 1052
Filmography: Cast (non-TV) GOLD 13 April 2015 3 1733
Filmography: Cast (TV) GOLD 10 April 2015 4 2723
Filmography: Casting-department SILVER 01 April 2015 9 73
Filmography: Casting-directors SILVER 01 April 2015 9 83
Filmography: Cinematographers GOLD 10 April 2015 4 278
Filmography: Composers GOLD 10 April 2015 4 150
Filmography: Costume-department SILVER 28 March 2015 12 161
Filmography: Costume-designers SILVER 30 March 2015 11 84
Filmography: Directors GOLD 10 April 2015 4 579
Filmography: Editorial-department SILVER 28 March 2015 12 260
Filmography: Editors GOLD 10 April 2015 4 234
Filmography: Make-up-department SILVER 29 March 2015 12 402
Filmography: Miscellaneous SILVER 28 March 2015 12 1196
Filmography: Music-department SILVER 28 March 2015 12 477
Filmography: Producers GOLD 10 April 2015 4 1384
Filmography: Production-designers SILVER 05 April 2015 8 30
Filmography: Production-managers SILVER 28 March 2015 12 218
Filmography: Set-decorators SILVER 29 March 2015 12 101
Filmography: Sound-department SILVER 28 March 2015 12 802
Filmography: Special-effects-department SILVER 29 March 2015 12 70
Filmography: Stunts SILVER 29 March 2015 12 255
Filmography: Thanks SILVER 31 March 2015 10 163
Filmography: Transportation-department SILVER 29 March 2015 12 67
Filmography: Visual-effects-department SILVER 29 March 2015 12 305
Filmography: Writers GOLD 10 April 2015 4 945
Genre PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 8
Goofs GOLD 16 April 2015 0 42
Keywords GOLD 16 April 2015 0 25
Languages GOLD 16 April 2015 0 11
Literature BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 2
Locations PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 26
Name Corrections PLATINUM 15 April 2015 1 82
Name Merges PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 97
Name URLs BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 16
Name: Gender PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 8
New Companies PLATINUM 15 April 2015 1 164
New Names PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 39
New Titles PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 328
Plot Outlines GOLD 16 April 2015 0 70
Plot Summaries GOLD 11 April 2015 4 286
Printed Film Format BRONZE 15 April 2015 1 3
Production Status PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 309
Quotes GOLD 16 April 2015 0 52
Release Dates GOLD 10 April 2015 4 576
Running Times GOLD 15 April 2015 1 51
Sound Mix BRONZE 16 April 2015 0 8
Soundtrack PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 195
Taglines BRONZE 11 April 2015 4 42
Title Corrections and AKAs PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 203
Title Merges PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 6
Title Number PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 33
Title Parent PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 12
Title Primary Text PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 20
Title Type PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 22
Title URLs BRONZE 11 April 2015 4 475
Title Year PLATINUM 16 April 2015 0 7
Trivia BRONZE 11 April 2015 4 1432

Data Type Prioritization

Below are the different service levels we target.

  • Platinum - Will be processed on the first business day after submission.
  • Gold - Top 1,000 will be processed on the first business day after submission. Remainder will be processed five business days after submission.
  • Silver - Will be processed eight business days after submission.
  • Bronze - Top 1,000 will be processed five business days after submission. Remainder will be processed ten business days after submission.

Platinum Data Types

  • New Titles
  • Title Corrections and AKAs
  • New Names
  • Name Corrections
  • Companies
  • Titles: Soundtracks
  • Titles: Genres
  • Titles: Production Status
  • Titles: Crazy Credits
  • Titles: Locations

    • Gold Data Types

    • Bio: Birth date
    • Bio: Death date
    • Bio: Height
    • Bio: Mini Bio
    • Bio: Quotes
    • Bio: Trademarks
    • Bio: Trivia
    • Bio: Names (Real and Nicknames)
    • Company Credits: Production Companies
    • Filmography: Cast
    • Filmography: Cinematographers
    • Filmography: Composers
    • Filmography: Directors
    • Filmography: Editors
    • Filmography: Producers
    • Filmography: Writers
    • Movie Connections (Simple)
    • Titles: Business
    • Titles: Certificates
    • Titles: Goofs
    • Titles: Keywords
    • Titles: Languages
    • Titles: Quotes
    • Titles: Plot Outlines
    • Titles: Plot Summaries
    • Titles: Release Dates
    • Titles: Running Times

    Silver Data Types

    • Awards: Nominations
    • Filmography: Cast/Crew Complete
    • Titles: Countries
    • Title: Movie Links (Complex)
    • Filmography: Animation-department
    • Filmography: Art-department
    • Filmography: Art-directors
    • Filmography: Assistant-directors
    • Filmography: Camera-department
    • Filmography: Casting-department
    • Filmography: Casting-directors
    • Filmography: Costume-department
    • Filmography: Costume-designers
    • Filmography: Editorial-department
    • Filmography: Make-up-department
    • Filmography: Miscellaneous
    • Filmography: Music-department
    • Filmography: Production-designers
    • Filmography: Production-managers
    • Filmography: Set-decorators
    • Filmography: Sound-department
    • Filmography: Special-effects-department
    • Filmography: Stunts
    • Filmography: Thanks
    • Filmography: Transportation-department
    • Filmography: Visual-effects-department

    Bronze Data Types

  • Bio Articles
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  • Bio: Biographical Movies
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  • Bio: Other Works
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  • Bio: Portrayals
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  • Bio: Print Biographies
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  • Bio: Salary
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  • Bio: Spouse
    		•
  • Bio: Where Now?
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  • Company Credits: Distributors
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  • Company Credits: Miscellaneous Companies
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  • Company Credits: Special Effects Companies
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  • Titles: Alternate Versions
    		•
  • Titles: Color Info
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  • Titles: Literature
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  • Names: URLs
    		•
  • Titles: Sound Mix
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  • Titles: Taglines
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  • Titles: Taglines
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  • Titles: Title URLs
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  • Titles: Trivia
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    Site Build Date

    In order to determine when the daily site update has launched, and to allow tracking when the site has been forced to revert to a previous day's data, we are now displaying the build date (18 April 2015) of the current data on the site. Please note, this is not an indication that data has been processed through this date; rather, this is the last time any data on the site has been changed. Please see the above paragraphs for a more accurate indication of whether any particular data item has been processed.

    Note that pages in the new design are updated up to 36 hours faster than the old reference view.