the numbers

And when those two forces combine - as they will in Wednesday’s censure motion - then the numbers are too much, and Barnier must fall.

“It’s fair to say there is a missing billion dollars that, if we had the right movies, people would be going to see them, and we would make up that gap,” said Bruce Nash, founder of the Numbers, a movie business information site.

Although data have shown that the standard audience dropoff rate has remained the same whether a film was in theaters or on streaming, the numbers don’t account for how many people didn’t go see the movie in the first place, Corcoran said.

The numbers certainly suggested Liverpool went for the more direct, pressurised approach, with 14.8% of their passes going long, compared to their season average of 9.1% before this game.

Sinn Féin is still talking up the prospect of leading a left-leaning coalition but it will struggle to get the numbers needed on current predictions.