diff --git a/ox/web/imdb.py b/ox/web/imdb.py
index 7698dbf..9fcbb7d 100644
--- a/ox/web/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/web/imdb.py
@@ -925,10 +925,7 @@ def get_episodes(imdbId, season=None):
 def max_votes():
     url = 'http://www.imdb.com/search/title?num_votes=500000,&sort=num_votes,desc'
     data = cache.read_url(url).decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
-    votes = max([
-        int(v.replace(',', ''))
-        for v in re.compile(r'Votes</span>.*?([\d,]+)', re.DOTALL).findall(data)
-    ])
+    votes = int(1000000 * max([float(m) for m in re.compile(r'(\d+\.\d)M', re.DOTALL).findall(data)]))
     return votes
 
 def guess(title, director='', timeout=-1):