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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '87 - '13


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Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular rank for year
πŸŽ–οΈ - first place rank for year
πŸ† - popular winner top list
πŸ—½ - most votes for year
πŸ“€ - library record
πŸ€” - most obscure

(#/149) rank amongst 149 actors
πŸ₯‡ - top 5 ranking
πŸ₯‰ - top 20 ranking

note - Supporting roles included. Prince of Jutland is also known as Royal Deceit.

87 Mio in the Land of Faraway - no data
87 Empire of the Sun B64 P12
89 Henry V B85 P53
92 Newsies B145 P16
93 Swing Kids B133 P72
94 Prince of Jutland - no data
94 Little Women B28 P23
96 The Portrait of a Lady B162 P78
96 The Secret Agent - no data
97 Metroland - no data
98 Velvet Goldmine B205 P90
98 All the Little Animals - no data
99 Midsummer Nights Dream B99 P102
00 American Psycho πŸ† B111 P4
00 Shaft B33 P93
01 Captain Correlli's Mandolin - no data
02 Laurel Canyon - no data
02 Reign of Fire B55 P67
02 Equilibrium B216 P24
04 The Machinist B210 P19
05 Batman Begins πŸ—½ B7 P5
05 Harsh TimesπŸ€” B177 P141
06 The PrestigeπŸ—½ B61 P2
07 3:10 to Yuma B40 P51
07 I'm Not There B190 P121
08 The Dark Knight πŸŽ–οΈπŸŽ–οΈπŸ—½ B1 P1
09 Terminator Salvation B23 P55
09 Public Enemies B33 P30
10 The Fighter B35 P27
11 The Flowers of War - no data
12 The Dark Knight Rises πŸ—½ B2 P3
13 Out of the Furnace B125 P87
13 American Hustle B17 P24

Movies scored - 25
Box sum - 2392
Pop sum - 1255

Box avg rank - 95.68
Pop avg rank - 50.20

Box avg - Pop avg = +45.48 (3/149)πŸ₯‡

Box top 20 - πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
Pop top 20 - πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡

Best box - The Dark Knight (1)
Worst box - Equilibrium (216)
Best pop - The Dark Knight (1)
Worst pop - Harsh Times (141)

Pop gainer - Equilibrium (+192)πŸ“€
Pop loser - Shaft (-60)

B+P

Best - The Dark Knight (2)
Worst - Harsh Times (318)

Pop vs Box awards

πŸŽ–οΈπŸŽ–οΈπŸ₯‡πŸ₯‰
πŸ—½πŸ—½πŸ—½πŸ—½
πŸ†πŸ“€

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. 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

3:10 to Yuma B40 P51 = -11(avg)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 13
Good (5pts each) = 8
Average (0pts each) = 2
Poor (-5pts each) = 1
Very poor (-10pts each) = 1
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) =8

130+40-5-10+40

Mr. Bale's pop/box library score:

190(11/149)πŸ₯‰

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Card updated 9/5/22

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Vote count / rank data

Top 5 (# of votes)

1. The Dark Knight 2.6m
2. The Dark Knight Rises 1.8m
3. Batman Begins 1.6m
4. The Prestige 1.5m
5. American Psycho 764k

Top 5 (vote rank for year)

1. (tie) Batman Begins (1st)
1. (tie) The Prestige (1st)
1. (tie) The Dark Knight (1st)
1. (tie) The Dark Knight Rises (1st)
5. American Psycho (5th)

Bottom 5 (# of votes)

1. Prince of Jutland 2.6k
2. The Secret Agent 2.6k
3. All the Little Animals 3.3k
4. Metroland 3.7k
5. Mio / Land of Faraway 6.3k (134th)

Bottom 5 (vote rank for year)

1. The Secret Agent (299th)
2. All the Little Animals (292nd)
3. Metroland (274th)
4. Laurel Canyon (183rd) (17k)
5. The Flowers of War (153rd) (57k)

....and the rest

The Portrait of a Lady 13k/137th
Empire of the Sun 137k/18th
Henry V 32k/58th
Newsies 23k/84nd
Swing Kids 18k/110th
Little Women 66k/41st
Velvet Goldmine 39k/95th
Midsummer/Dream 28k/108th
Shaft 82k/62nd
Captain/Mandolin 37k/125th
Reign of Fire 148k/42nd
3:10 to Yuma 340k/24th
I'm Not There 62k/129th
Public Enemies 326k/22nd
The Fighter 397k/18th
The Machinist 346k/21st
Equilibrium 352k/16th
Harsh Times 69k/101st

Added 2/5/25πŸ‘‡
Terminator Salvation 384k/16th
The Flowers of War 57k/153rd
Out of the Furnace 110k/92nd
American Hustle 501k/21st

Date posted 1/12/23

The Dark Knight Rises added 2/29/24
Harsh Times added 9/3/24


Updated 2/5/25

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πŸ“ˆVote rank for year update πŸ“‰

gainers - 0 (0.0%)
unchanged -13 (56.5%)
losers - 10 (43.4%)

rank losers

Empire of the Sun 17thπŸ‘‰18th
Henry V 56thπŸ‘‰58th
Newsies 82ndπŸ‘‰84th
Little Women 40thπŸ‘‰41st
Midsummer/Dream 107thπŸ‘‰108th
Reign of Fire 41stπŸ‘‰42nd
3:10 to Yumma 22ndπŸ‘‰24th
I'm Not There 127thπŸ‘‰129th
Public Enemies 21stπŸ‘‰22nd
Laurel Canyon 180thπŸ‘‰183rd

Posted 2/5/25

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Card updated 5/10/23

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Card updated 2/29/24

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Card updated 9/3/24

(Harsh Times added)

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

Example ~

87 Empire of the Sun B64 P12

The Empire of the Sun was released in 1987 and finished 64th in box office rankings for that year.
This films is currently the 12th most popular film searched for all films released in the year 1987.

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Card /vote data updated 2/5/25

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