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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '81 - '13


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Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular ranking for year
πŸŽ–οΈ- first place rank
πŸ’Ž - library special award
πŸ€” - most obscure

(#/149) rank amongst 149 actors
πŸ₯‡ - top 5 ranking
πŸ₯ˆ - top 10 ranking

(Supporting roles included)

81 Endless Love B18 P16
81 Taps B15 P54
83 The Outsiders B28 P2
83 Losin' It B110 P66
83 Risky Business B8 P5
83 All the Right Moves B41 P47
85 Legend B55 P9
86 Top Gun πŸŽ–οΈπŸŽ–οΈ B1 P1
86 The Color of Money B16 P29
88 Cocktail B8 P18
88 Rain Man πŸŽ–οΈ B1 P14
89 Born on the 4th of July B17 P38
90 Days of Thunder B13 P35
92 Far and Away B21 P66
92 A Few Good Men B5 P6
93 The Firm B4 P14
94 Interview with the Vampire B11 P10
96 Mission Impossible B3 P15
96 Jerry Maguire B4 P6
99 Eyes Wide Shut B43 P4
99 Magnolia B82 P25
00 Mission Impossible II B3 P25
01 Vanilla Sky B20 P41
02 Minority Report B17 P15
03 The Last Samurai B20 P26
04 Collateral B24 P17
05 War of the Worlds B4 P15
06 Mission Impossible III B3 P15
07 Lions for Lambs πŸ€” B128 P148
08 Tropic Thunder B23 P4
08 Valkyrie B35 P61
10 Knight and Day B45 P74
11 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol B7 P18
12 Jack Reacher B38 P12
13 Oblivion B41 P24

Movies scored - 35
Box office sum - 912
Popular sum - 1023

Box avg rank - 26.06 (5/149)πŸ₯‡
Pop avg rank - 29.23 (3/149)πŸ₯‡

BA-PA = -3.17 (27/149)

Best Box - Top Gun (1), Rain Man (1)
Worst Box - Lions for Lambs (128)
Best Pop - Top Gun (1)
Worst Pop - Lions for Lambs (148)

Pop gainer - Magnolia (+57)
Pop loser - Far and Away (-45)

B+P

Best - Top Gun (2)
Worst - Lions for Lambs (276)
Average - 55

Box top 20 - 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Pop top 20 - 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️

Pop vs. Box awards

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πŸ’Ž

It is natural for a movie to have a higher popular ranking, due to the influx of art house, international and direct to video films. Popular rankings are taken from IMDb and is 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

The Firm B4 P14 = -10 (average)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 8
Good (5pts each) = 10
Avg (0pts each) = 14
Poor (-5pts each) = 3
Very poor (-10pts each) = 0 πŸ’Ž
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) =20

+80+50-15+100

Mr. Cruise pop/box library score:

215 (7/149)πŸ₯ˆ

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Why does the data stop in '08?

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The theme of pop vs. box is how a movie "holds up", retains or loses its popularity over time.

Like whiskey, cheese and wine..aging of the movies is required for the theme to mean something.

I will score 2010 movies this summer.

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Card updated 8/24/22

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Vote count/rank data

Total vote count - all movies listed:

8,973,000

Avg vote count per movie:

256,371

Avg movie vote rank for year:

22nd

Top 5 (# of votes)

1. Minority Report 594k
2. Oblivion 563k (16th)
3. Rain Man 556k
4. M.I. Ghost Protocol 536k (13th)
5. Top Gun 516k

Top 5 (vote rank for year)

1. (tie) Top Gun (2nd)
1. (tie) Rain Man (2nd)
3. Mission Impossible (4th) (480k)
4. Minority Report (6th)
5. (tie) A Few Good Men (8th) (296k)
5. (tie) Jerry Maguire (8th) (293k)
5. (tie) War of the Worlds (8th) (484k)

Bottom 5 (# of votes)

1. Losin' It 4,770
2. Endless Love 8,829
3. Taps 18,974
4. All the Right Moves 19,288
5. Lions for Lambs 51k

Bottom 5 (vote rank for year)

1. Lions for Lambs (135th)
2. Losin' It (89th)
3. Endless Love (66th)
4. Knight and Day (43rd) (198k)
5. Valkyrie (34th) (247k)

and the rest....

The Outsiders 88k/11th
Risky Business 93k/10th
Legend 68k/22nd
The Color of Money 86k/16th
Cocktail 87k/23rd
Born on the 4th of July 108k/17th
Days of Thunder 90k/23rd
Far and Away 65k/33rd
The Firm 137k/20th
Interview with the Vampire 327k/9th
Eyes Wide Shut 346k/12th
The Last Samurai 444k/12th
Magnolia 315k/15th
M.I. II 346k/9th
Vanilla Sky 271k/23rd
Collateral 408k/18th
M.I.III 360k/19th
Tropic Thunder 420k/16th

Date posted 1/8/23

Jack Reacher 363k/22nd

Added 3/2/24 ☝️

* Minority Report 8th vote rank πŸ‘‰ 6th vote rank for year
11/27/24

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Card updated 5/18/23

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Card and vote count updated 3/2/24

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Card and vote count updated 11/27/24

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