Made first for young men 1
Making Contact's audience scores lean most toward young men at 87 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers below the baseline for White 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.
- 1Audience scoreyoung men 87 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 9.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate objects with his mind, set things on fire, and even communicate with his dead father. However, not everything is good for Joey as his newly gained powers accidentally awake an evil supernatural force that is contained inside the body of an old ventriloquist's dummy that Joey found in an abandoned house. The supernatural Dummy shows similar powers to Joey's, and soon he puts the lives of everyone near Joey in danger as the evil Dummy has dark plans for Joey's special powers.
Age: 38 — leans younger
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Advocacy Over Time in Fantasy
The average advocacy score of Fantasy titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 0 | 2 |
| 1978 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 2 |
| 1984 | 1 | 6 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | 0 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | 3 | 2 |
| 1990 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | 1 | 4 |
| 1992 | 3 | 4 |
| 1993 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 | 2 | 5 |
| 1995 | 0 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 1 | 6 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 4 | 9 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 7 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 13 | 15 |
| 2023 | 20 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026 | 17 | 3 |
| This title (1985) | 0 | 1 |
● This title (1985): advocacy 0 · explore Fantasy →
Cast & Crew
Egon Werdin (director) · Roland Emmerich (director)
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