I think a lot of the information in here is very interesting. Let me explain what I got out of it because a lot of people are saying this is pretty pointless.

-On average, people are spending $3 per Redbox Transaction. This could mean one of two things. 1) People are buying on average of 3 movies at once to watch within 24 hours, or 2) People are keeping movies longer than 24 hours and getting charged for additional days (or an average of the two). I find this surprising, as I use Redbox primarely for saving money! My average Redbox Transaction is $1. I never get more than one movie, and I never keep it for more than one day. It makes sense that Netflix averages around $14.50, when the 2 out plan is $14. And since not many people go to movies alone, that the average ticket price is about $8 a ticket if they are on average buying two tickets.

-Also… the average Blockbuster transaction is $15.50?!? Who goes to Blockbuster and rents THREE overpriced movies at once? Maybe a $5 and a $9 game pushes up the limit, but I’m surprised people spend an average of that much at Blockbuster these days when they could subscribe to a $14 Netflix plan for less.

-It seems like Redbox is geared more towards the casual new release movie watcher, as they are only averaging 2-3 rentals per month from its users, and they only really offer new releases. I can see how this crowd would probably want to stay away from Netflix, which specializes in a library of thousands of movie and is pretty difficult the get new releases on the week they come out. But still, that percentage of people is smaller than those that use Netflix. If Redbox didn’t get new releases until after 30 days, I wonder how that would effect Redbox users and if they would go somewhere else.

For the record, I am a former Netflix and Blockbuster customer who has canceled their service. I was never getting the movies I wanted since I only really watch new releases, and use Redbox about 4 times a month. I also use Promo Codes like crazy too for free rentals.

When will you get it through your head that you need to either do a graph right or not do it at all!

Misleading every single time. Go back to school before you start adverting crap like this. I hope you aren’t in charge of anything else at Mint.com.

Along with the quote “What the data shows is that Mint users are flocking to Redbox over the past few months”, my radar says “did Redbox finance this”? Is this a financed, planted “study”?