wesandersoncast (v0.1.0.9001) is a lightweight R package that provides a tidy dataset of actors appearing in films directed by Wes Anderson. It includes each film’s title, release year, runtime, and worldwide box office takings — all sourced from Wikidata.
The dataset is ideal for demonstrations, tutorials, and exploration of network relationships or filmography trends using the tidyverse.
📦 Dataset contents
The wes_actors dataset is a tibble with 385 rows and 5 variables:
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
film |
character | Title of the film directed by Wes Anderson |
actor |
character | Name of the actor appearing in the film |
release_date |
date | First screening date of the film |
box_office_usd |
numeric | Worldwide box office gross (in USD, where available) |
duration_period |
lubridate Period | Duration of the film in hours and minutes (e.g. “1H 45M”) |
📝 Data Notes
- Castello Cavalcanti, Cousin Ben Troop Screening with Jason Schwartzman, Hotel Chevalier, and the short film versions of Bottle Rocket are not included.
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Rat Catcher, Poison and The Swan have no box office results as they were produced by Netflix.
- The Phoenician Scheme was released in May 2025. At the time of publishing to CRAN, no box office figures were available. This will be updated once the data is released.
If you find any errors in the data, I encourage you to correct them on Wikidata — it’s an incredible community-driven resource.
📜 License
The dataset included in this package is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.
(❤️ creative commons ❤️)
📥 Installation
You can install the development version of wesandersoncast from GitHub with:
# install.packages("remotes") # if not already installed
remotes::install_github("KellyTall/wesandersoncast")🔍 Example
library(wesandersoncast)
head(wes_actors)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 5
#> # Groups: film, actor [6]
#> film actor release_date box_office_usd duration_period
#> <chr> <chr> <date> <dbl> <Period>
#> 1 Asteroid City Aaron Ziobrowski 2023-05-23 53857743 1H 45M 0S
#> 2 Asteroid City Adrien Brody 2023-05-23 53857743 1H 45M 0S
#> 3 Asteroid City Adrián Corpa Fernán… 2023-05-23 53857743 1H 45M 0S
#> 4 Asteroid City Aimee Mullins 2023-05-23 53857743 1H 45M 0S
#> 5 Asteroid City Ainhoa Aldanondo 2023-05-23 53857743 1H 45M 0S
#> 6 Asteroid City Alejandro García Ap… 2023-05-23 53857743 1H 45M 0S📅 Data Updates
- Last updated: 31 May 2025
- Total records: 385
- Source: Wikidata(https://www.wikidata.org)