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☝️ Pop vs Box πŸ‘‡ '74 - '10


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Key

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular ranking for year
πŸ† - popular winner top list
πŸ’Ž - library special award
πŸ€” - most obscure
* writer only
** director/writer

74 Dark Star** B125 P32
76 Assault on Precinct13** B57 P27
78 Eyes of Laura Mars* B29 P29
78 Halloween** B8 P(seasonal)
80 The Fog** B31 P10
81 Escape From New York** B31 P11
81 Halloween II* B30 P(seasonal)
82 The ThingπŸ† B55 P3
83 Christine B33 P2
84 Starman B56 P52
86 Big Trouble in Little China B71 P10
86 Black Moon Rising*πŸ€” B91 P127
87 Prince of Darkness** B69 P25
88 They Live** B74 P4
92 Memoirs of an Invisible Man B81 P113
94 In the Mouth of Madness B115 P30
95 Village of the Damned B118 P50
96 Escape From L.A.** B63 P43
98 Vampires B81 P29
01 Ghosts of Mars** B132 P54
10 The Ward - no data

Movies scored - 18
Box sum - 1312
Pop sum - 651

Box avg rank - 72.88
Pop avg rank - 36.17

Box avg - Pop avg = +36.71

Box top 20 - πŸŽƒ
Pop top 20 - 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

Best box - Halloween (8)
Worst box - Ghosts of Mars (132)
Best pop - Christine (2)
Worst pop - Black Moon Rising (127)

Pop Gainer - Dark Star (+93)
Pop Loser - Black Moon Rising (-36)

B+P

Best - Christine (35)
Worst - Black Moon Rising (218)

It is natural for popular rankings to be higher due to the influx of art house, international and direct to video releases. Popular rankings are taken from IMDb and are fluid.

Scoring b-p

10+ = excellent
9 to -9 = good
-10 to -29 = average
-30 to -49 = poor
-50 and below = very poor

Example

Black Moon Rising B91 P127 = -36 (poor)

Tally

Excellent (10 pts each) = 14
Good (5 pts each) = 2
Average (0 pts each) = 0
Poor (-5 pts each) = 2
Very Poor (-10 pts each) = 0πŸ’Ž

+140+10-10

Mr. Carpenter's Pop/Box library score

140

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

Example

82 The Thing B55 P3

The Thing was released in 1982 and finished 55th in box office showing for that year. This is currently the 3rd most popular searched for film for all movies released in the year 1982.

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