Some time ago I did [The Ultimate Dolby Atmos Demo Scene Ranking, with timestamps - Ranked by mentions across articles, YouTube videos, and Reddit threads](https://www.reddit.com/r/DolbyAtmosContent/comments/1tkw1ek/the_ultimate_dolby_atmos_demo_scene_ranking_with/).

Full ranking with regional availability on streaming platforms and discs [here](https://helloatmos.app/ranking/movies/demo-scenes/).

Here is a subset of that ranking but the scene picks are pulled only from Reddit, from 24 [r/hometheater](https://www.reddit.com/r/hometheater/) / [r/sonos](https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/) / [r/4kbluray](https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/) threads, scored so broad agreement beats one viral comment.

Top 15:

|\#|Scene|Film|Timestamp|Threads|Mentions|Σ Upvotes|
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|1|Race scene|Ready Player One|12:24–16:21|16|23|202|
|2|Opening scene|Mad Max: Fury Road|0:00|11|14|130|
|3|Drifting in space|Gravity|9:10–13:08|7|11|99|
|4|Car chase|The Batman|1:19:00–1:24:57|8|9|95|
|5|Normandy beach|Saving Private Ryan|no timestamp|7|9|81|
|6|No man's land fly-over|1917|no timestamp|6|7|64|
|7|Night fire run (Écoust)|1917|1:07:00|5|7|48|
|8|First Kong encounter|Kong: Skull Island|27:00|6|6|103|
|9|Giving birth|A Quiet Place|58:40–1:02:00|5|6|28|
|10|The getaway|Baby Driver|no timestamp|6|6|40|
|11|The mission|Top Gun: Maverick|1:34:50|5|5|285|
|12|Opening scene|Blade Runner 2049|0:00|5|5|193|
|13|Pod race|Star Wars: Episode I|59:50|5|6|24|
|14|Opening flyover|Kong: Skull Island|0:00|5|5|89|
|15|Opening flight|Top Gun: Maverick|5:43–12:51|4|5|57|

How the score works:

consensus = \[ sum of (1 + ln(upvotes)/4) for every mention \] × (1 + 0.5 × ln(threads))

Each mention is worth 1 + ln(upvotes)/4 (ln = natural log). A 1-upvote comment = 1.0, a 256-upvote one = 2.4. The ln keeps any single hyped comment from running away. That sum is then multiplied by a breadth for appearing in more threads.

Example:

Mad Max opening (#2): 14 mentions add up to raw ≈ 25.3, across 11 threads → ×(1 + 0.5 × ln(11)) = ×1.70 → 43.1.

A scene needs upvotes and mentions and multiple threads to rank. One 256-upvote comment listing 11 scenes won't carry them to the top.

Best Dolby Atmos demo scenes ranked by Reddit consensus (data-driven)