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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '57 - '13


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Key

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular ranking for year
πŸ₯ˆ - second place popular winner for year
πŸ… - first place popular loser for year
πŸ„ - second place popular loser for year
πŸ₯œ - third place popular loser for year
⭐ - library special award
πŸ€” - most obscure
* actor/writer
** writer/actor
*** writer/actor/director

57 Calypso Heat Wave - no data
63 That's Me** - (short film)
66 The Russians Are Coming,The Russians...B5 P22
66 The Last Mohican** - (short film)
67 Woman Times Seven B165 P157
67 Wait Until Dark B15 P20
69 Inspector Clouseau B123 P101
68 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter B109 P86
69 Popi - no data
69 People Soup*** - (short film)
70 Catch-22 B8 P10
71 Little Murders* - no data
72 Deadhead Miles - no data
72 Last of the Red Hot Lovers B94 P404
74 Freebie and the BeanπŸ₯œ B13 P118
75 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins - no data
75 Hearts of the West - no data
76 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution B171 P160
77 Fire Sale** - no data
79 The In-Laws B18 P89
79 The Magician of Lublin - no data
80 Simon B203 P177
81 Improper Channels - no data
81 Chu Chu and the Phily FlashπŸ€” B111 P545
81 Full Moon High - no data
83 The Return of Captain Invincible - no data
85 Joshua Then and Now B155 P473
85 Bad Medicine - no data
86 Big Trouble - no data
90 Coupe de Ville B204 P258
90 Edward Scissorhands B25 P6
90 Havana B100 P166
91 The Rocketeer B26 P27
92 Glengarry Glen Ross B92 P32
93 Indian Summer B87 P114
93 So I Married an Ax Murderer B99 P59
93 Samuel Beckett is Coming Soon** - no data
94 North B130 P88
95 Picture Windows - no data
95 The Jerky Boys:The Movie B127 P238
95 Steal Big Steal Little B136 P395
96 Heck's Way Home - no data
96 Mother Night - no data
97 Grosse Pointe Blank B74 P63
97 Four Days in September - no data
97 Gattaca πŸ₯ˆ B108 P18
98 Slums of Beverly Hills B146 P106
99 Jakob the Liar - no data
00 Magicians - (direct to video)
01 America's Sweethearts B23 P88
01 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing B165 P345
04 Eros - no data
04 Noel - (seasonal)
06 Little Miss Sunshine B51 P21
06 Firewall πŸ„ B63 P169
06 The Novice - no data
06 The Santa Clause:The Escape Clause -(seasonal)
06 Raising Flagg - no data
07 Rendition B144 P138
08 Sunshine Cleaning B141 P138
08 Get Smart B20 P71
08 Marley & Me B15 P74
09 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee - no data
09 City Island B154 P229
11 Thin Ice - no data
11 The Change Up B87 P32
12 Argo B22 P29
12 Stand Up Guys B154 P164
13 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone B102 P214
13 In Security - no data
13 Grudge MatchπŸ… B90 P237

Movies scored - 40
Box sum - 3775
Pop sum - 5892

Box average - 94.37
Pop average - 147.30

Box average - Pop average = -52.93

Box top 20 - 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Pop top 20 - 🎬🎬🎬🎬

Best box - The Russians Are Coming,The Russians Are Coming (5)
Worst box - Coupe de Ville (204)
Best pop - Edward Scissorhands (6)
Worst pop - Chu Chu and the Phily Flash (545)

Pop Gainer - Gattaca (+90)
Pop Loser - Chu Chu and the Phily Flash (-434)

B+P

Best - Catch-22 (18)
Worst - Chu Chu and the Phily Flash (656)

Pop vs Box awards
πŸ₯ˆβ­
πŸ…πŸ„πŸ₯œ

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

Wait Until Dark B15 P20 = -5 (good)

Tally

Excellent (10 pts each) = 13
Good (5 pts each) = 7
Average (0 pts each) = 3
Poor (-5 pts each ) = 0 ⭐
Very Poor (-10 pts each) = 17
Pop top 20 bonus (5 pts each) = 4

130+35-170+20

Mr. Arkin's Pop/Box library score:

15

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

Example ~

97 Gattaca B108 P18

Gattaca was released in 1997 and was 108th in box office ranking for that year. This film is currently the 18th most searched for film for all films released in the year 1997.

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