Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-06-09/Traffic report

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion		3,087,414		The Telugu / Tamil language (versions were made in the two languages simultaneously) historical fiction film opened on April 28th and, in just seven days, has become the highest grossing Indian film of all time. The film, a follow up to 2015's Baahubali: The Beginning (#8), was directed by S. S. Rajamouli (pictured, also #23), and stars Prabhas (#8), Anushka Shetty (#16) and Rana Daggubati.
2	Cinco de Mayo		2,348,709		The commemoration of the Mexican-American culture. Compared to last year , the article holds onto second place and is up about 200k views.
3	List of highest-grossing Indian films		1,575,865		After one week on release, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (#1), has become the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. At time of writing, our article gives a value of ₹1,227 crore for the film, which is about 190 million dollars or 175 million euro.
4	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2		1,224,608		This is the sci-fi comedy is topping most charts worldwide, with its star cast including the likes of Vin Diesel and Kurt Russell. Worldwide, the film is currently on $430 million, which is about 390 million euro or ₹2,768 crore .
5	13 Reasons Why		1,116,202		Continued popularity for Netflix's hit drama series, starring Dylan Minnette (pictured) and Katherine Langford. A second season of the drama has been commissioned, which is not surprising from a business point of view but may be slightly from an artistic view; there being, as yet, no second book to base the second season on.
6	Anthony Joshua		1,043,010		Joshua claimed the 29 April fight with Wladimir Klitschko (#11) at Wembley Stadium - a fight held in front of a post-war record crowd of 90,000 and setting a British record for PPV buys.
7	Prabhas		879,302		Unsurprisingly high interest for the star of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (#1), who also appeared in the previous film in the series, Baahubali: The Beginning. Speaking of which...
8	Baahubali: The Beginning		858,506		The first film in the series which was followed this week by Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (#1). The film is currently the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of all time, but its takings have already been almost doubled by the continuation.
9	May Day		679,361		You might think that this, like pagan fun.
10	Deaths in 2017		678,371		The near-ever-present list of the deceased rises two places this week despite falling about 3000 views in total.

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	Bill Paxton		4,823,745		The American actor, known for his roles in films such as Aliens, Titanic and Twister, died this week at the age of 61.
2	Moonlight (2016 film)		3,098,888		Winner of three Academy Awards, including La La Land holding the award for about five minutes. Director Barry Jenkins pictured.
3	89th Academy Awards		1,982,265		The main page for the week's big award show (pictured: host Jimmy Kimmel) was unsurprisingly popular, with readers likely trying to catch up on the list of winners or the envelope mixup.
4	Logan (film)		1,862,573		The 10th movie associated with the Wolverine ; Logan opened this week to near-unanimously positive reviews and almost $250m worldwide gross.
5	Casey Affleck		1,574,510		The American actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Manchester By the Sea.
6	Get Out (film)		1,400,249		Jordan Peele's directorial debut, the satirical horror movie has received, if anything, even more unanimous positivity from reviewers than Logan; and sits second in the US box office.
7	La La Land (film)		1,253,551		The other half of the envelope mixup (see #2); the incident did rather overshadow the rest of the night, which saw the musical pick up six Awards, including Best Director for Damien Chazelle. (pictured)
8	Mahershala Ali		1,217,057		Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moonlight (#2); Ali is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar.
9	Emma Stone		1,119,576		Another Academy Award winner, this time for Best Actress. It is interesting to note that Wikipedia readers seem more interested in the actors than the actresses, isn't it?.
10	Manchester by the Sea (film)		874,133		Rounding off our cinematic top 10, Kenneth Lonergan's drama won two awards from six nominations, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor.

In other news:

• The rest of the Best Picture nominees: Arrival (film) (38th); Hidden Figures (42nd); Fences (film) (48th); Hell or High Water (outside top 200). Hell or High Water is the only one not currently showing in cinemas, which may explain that.