Rankings by metro

Every film-year distributes the same points by box office share, split director-first down the billing order; every Oscar ceremony distributes the same prestige. A metro's score is the sum over the people it raised. Top 200 of 814 scored metros.

1
New York🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople920Leading figureFrancis Ford Coppola
5190
Score
2
London🎬
CountryUnited KingdomPeople371Leading figureAlfred Hitchcock
2277.6
Score
3
Los Angeles🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople315Leading figureFrank Capra
2038.1
Score
4
Chicago🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople181Leading figureOrson Welles
1025.5
Score
5
San Francisco-San Jose🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople115Leading figureTom Hanks
690
Score
6
Boston🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople95Leading figureBette Davis
611.6
Score
7
Philadelphia🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople99Leading figureWill Smith
586.1
Score
8
Washington-Baltimore🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople91Leading figureBarry Levinson
399.7
Score
9
Paris🎬
CountryFrancePeople90Leading figureJean Renoir
344.5
Score
10
Manchester🎬
CountryUnited KingdomPeople38Leading figureIan McKellen
285.4
Score
11
Cleveland🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople40Leading figureClark Gable
272.4
Score
12
Kansas City🎬
CountryUnited StatesPeople34Leading figureRobert Altman
260.7
Score