βοΈ Pop vs. Box π '76 - '97
Card 105
Key -
B - box office rank for year
P - current popular ranking for year
π₯ - 1st place popular winner for year
π£ - popular loser top list
π - 2nd place popular loser for year
π€ - most obscure
* - writer/actor
**- director/writer/actor
*** - final film appearance
note - Mr. Pryor's stand up works are not included, supporting and minor roles are included, his work prior to '76 has no box data and has been included in reply.
76 Car Wash B50 P14
76 Silver Streak B5 P35
77 Greased Lighting B114 P96
77 Which Way is Up? B25 P153
78 Blue Collar B90 P56
78 The Wiz B26 P24
78 California Suite π£ B10 P88
80 Wholly Moses! B49 P188
80 In God We Tru$t B90 P240
80 Stir Crazy B2 P26
81 Bustin' Loose* π B20 P154
82 Some Kind of Hero π€B28 P294
82 The Toy B21 P78
83 Superman III B10 P15
85 Brewster's Millions B20 P85
86 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling** - no data
87 Critical Condition B52 P261
88 Moving B86 P183
89 See No Evil, Hear No Evil B27 P46
89 Harlem Nights B21 P51
91 Another You B138 P181
96 Mad Dog Time - no data
97 Lost Highway *** π₯ B152 P43
Movies scored - 21
Box sum - 1036
Pop sum - 2311
Box avg rank - 49.33
Pop avg rank - 110.05
BA-PA = -60.73
Box top 20 - πππππ
Pop top 20 - π€π€
Best box - Stir Crazy (2)
Worst box - Lost Highway (152)
Best pop - Car Wash (14)
Worst pop - Some Kind of Hero (294)
Pop gainer - Lost Highway (+109)
Pop loser - Some Kind of Hero (-266)
B+P
Best - Superman III (25)
Worst - In God We Tru$t (330)
Pop vs. box awards
π₯
π£
π
It is natural for popular rankings to be higher due to the influx of art house, international and straight to video releases. Popular rankings are taken from IMDb and are fluid. Most box office data is taken from The Numbers website (domestic)
Scoring b-p
10+ = excellent
9 to -9 = good
-10 to -29 = avg
-30 to -49 = poor
-50 and below = very poor
Example
Stir Crazy B2 P26 = -24 (avg)
Tally
Excellent (10pts each) = 4
Good (5pts each) = 2
Average (0pts each) = 2
Poor (-5pts each) = 3
Very poor (-10pts each) = 10
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) = 2
+40+10-15-100+10
Mr. Pryor's pop box library score:
-55