Which movie averages the most sales
Maybe you're also curious on average which movie sells the most tickets, so you would know what to expect of that movie should it start playing in another one of your theaters.
theater_movie_summary
is a summary of theater location and movie titles that will help you find which movie is averaging the best sales!
This exercise is part of the course
Python for Spreadsheet Users
Exercise instructions
- Use
.groupby()
and.mean()
to create a summary table of average ticket sales bymovie_title
. - Sort
avg_sale_by_movie
byticket_quantity
in descending order. - Print the first line of
movies_sorted
using.head()
andprint()
.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Summary of movies and locations
theater_movie_summary = sales.groupby(['theater_location', 'movie_title'], as_index=False).sum()
# Get average ticket sales by movie title
avg_sale_by_movie = theater_movie_summary.____(____, as_index=False).____()
# Sort average ticket sales in descending order
movies_sorted = avg_sale_by_movie.____(____, ascending=False).reset_index(drop=True)
# Print results
____