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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '59 - '99


Card 98

Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular ranking for year
πŸŽ–οΈ - first place rank
πŸ—½ - most votes for year
πŸ€” - most obscure
* - director/actor
** - final film appearance

59 The Hanging Tree B75 P65
59 Anatomy of a Murderer B12 P9
61 The Hustler B20 P6
63 The List of Adrian Messenger B84 P68
64 Dr. Strangelove πŸŽ–οΈπŸ—½ B12 P1
64 The Yellow Rolls-Royce - no data
66 The Bible : In the Beginning πŸŽ–οΈ B1 P35
66 Not with My Wife, You Don't! B188 P186
67 The Flim-Flam Man - no data
68 Petulia B141 P123
70 Patton πŸ—½ B4 P2
71 They Might Be Giants - no data
71 The Last Run - no data
71 The Hospital B13 P85
72 The New Centurions B162 P80
72 Rage* - no data
73 Oklahoma Crude B47 P184
73 The Day of the Dolphin B23 P95
74 The Bank Shot - no data
74 The Savage Is Loose* B53 P170
75 The Hindenburg B13 P78
77 Islands in the Stream πŸ€”B37 P196
77 Crossed Swords B166 P154
78 Movie Movie B178 P150
79 Hardcore B70 P22
80 The Changeling B108 P41
80 The Formula B70 P159
81 Taps B15 P54
84 Firestarter B63 P45
90 The Exorcist III B47 P55
93 Malice B30 P58
95 Angus - no data
99 Gloria ** B162 P162

Movies scored - 26
Box sum - 1700
Pop sum - 2205

Box avg rank - 65.38
Pop avg rank - 84.81

BA-PA = -19.43

Box top 20 - πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Pop top 20 - πŸ₯πŸ₯πŸ₯πŸ₯

Best Box - The Bible : In the Beginning (1)
Worst box - Not with My Wife, You Don't!(188)
Best pop - Dr. Strangelove (1)
Worst pop - Islands in the Stream (196)

Pop gainer - The New Centurions (+82)
Pop loser - Islands in the Stream (-159)

B+P

Best - Patton (6)
Worst - Not with My Wife, You Don't! (374)

Pop vs Box awards:

πŸŽ–οΈπŸŽ–οΈ
πŸ—½πŸ—½

It is natural for popular rankings to be higher due to the influx of art house, international and straight to video releases. Popularity 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

Malice B30 P58 = -28(avg)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 11
Good (5pts each) = 5
Average (0pts each) = 1
Poor (-5pts each) = 2
Very poor (-10pts each) = 6
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) = 4

+100+25-10-60+20

Mr. Scott's pop/box library score:

85

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Card updated 7/3/24

(Box data found on more films)

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Card updated 10/10/24

(The Hanging Tree added)

The theme of Pop vs Box is how a film gains or loses popularity over time compared to the films original box office showing and other films released in the same year.

Example

61 The Hustler B20 P6

The Hustler was released in 1961 and finished 20th in box office ranking for that year. This film is currently the 6th most searched for film for all films released in the year 1961.

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