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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '83 - '12


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Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular rank for year
πŸ₯‰ - 3rd place popular winner for year
πŸ€” - most obscure

(#/142) - rank amongst 142 actors

(Supporting roles included)

83 Class B33 P25
84 Sixteen Candles B38 P11
84 Grandview U.S.A. B102 P124
85 The Sure Thing B51 P56
85 Better Off Dead B86 P12
85 The Journey of Natty Gann B133 P123
86 Stand By Me B15 P3
86 One Crazy Summer B63 P23
87 Hot Pursuit B109 P149
88 Tapeheads B223 P239
88 Eight Men Out B120 P104
89 Say Anything... B50 P24
89 Fat Man and Little Boy B121 P108
90 The Grifters B89 P53
91 True Colors B195 P212
91 Shadow and Fog B142 P133
92 Roadside Prophets - no data
92 Map of the Human Heart B146 P199
92 Bob Roberts B129 P168
93 Money for Nothing πŸ€” B181 P240
94 Floundering - no data
94 Bullets Over Broadway B95 P114
94 Road to Wellville B134 P131
96 City Hall B80 P142
97 Gross Pointe Blank B74 P63
97 Con Air B15 P25
97 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil B82 P53
98 This is My Father - no data
98 The Thin Red Line B59 P18
99 Pushing Tin B136 P148
99 Being John Malkovich B80 P30
99 Cradle Will Rock - no data
00 High Fidelity πŸ₯‰ B86 P32
01 America's Sweethearts B23 P156
01 Serendipity B57 P32
02 Max - no data
03 Identity B57 P40
03 Runaway Jury B59 P100
05 Must Love Boys B65 P166
05 The Ice Harvest B146 P216
06 The Contract - no data
07 Grace is Gone - no data
07 1408 B38 P85
07 Martian Child - no data
08 War, Inc - no data
09 2012 B15 P25
10 Hot Tub Time Machine B67 P58
12 The Raven B113 P139
12 The Paperboy B218 P72
12 The Faculty - no data

Movies scored - 40
Box sum - 3685
Pop sum - 3936

Box avg rank - 92.72
Pop avg rank - 98.49

BA-PA = -5.68 (31/142)

Box top 20 - πŸ“»πŸ“»πŸ“»
Pop top 20 - 🎡🎡🎡🎡

Best box - Con Air(15), 2012 (15)
Worst box - Tapeheads (223)
Best pop - Stand by Me (3)
Worst pop - Money for Nothing (240)

Pop gainer - The Paperboy (+146)
Pop loser - American Sweethearts (-135)

B+P

Best - Stand by Me (18)
Worst - Money for Nothing (421)

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

Scoring b-p

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

Example

Con Air B15 P25 = -10(avg)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 17
Good (5pts each) = 5
Average (0pts each) = 8
Poor (-5pts each) = 4
Very poor (-10pts each) = 6
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) = 4

+170+25-20-60+20

Mr. Cusack's pop/box library score:

135(32/142)

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Card updated 8/27/22

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I'm always surprised how badly John Cusack has slipped in the last 10 years but I guess there are a lot of old favourites, and films that are better appreciated now than on release, holding up his score. Certainly there are a few in that list that I re-watch every year or two.

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Just watched Better Off Dead again after about 20 years. Entertaining teen flick that doesn't take itself too seriously.

The majority of teen movie actors don't make the successful transition to young adult in Hollywood, even fewer make it to middle-age actor.

John Cusack is one of the few.

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Card updated 2/21/24

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