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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '54 - '05


Card 59

Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular rank for year
πŸŽ–οΈ - first place rank for year
πŸ’£ - popular loser (top list)
πŸ’Ž - library special award
πŸ€” - most obscure
* - actor only
** - writer/actor only

note - Mr. Brooks narration/voice work not included (exception The Producers '05)

54 New Faces ** - no data
67 The Producers B34 P13
70 The Twelve Chairs B44 P84
74 Blazing Saddles πŸŽ–οΈ B1 P3
74 Young Frankenstein B4 P5
76 Silent Movie πŸ’£ B11 P53
77 High Anxiety B17 P12
79 The Muppet Movie* B6 P28
81 History of the World PI B16 P20
83 To Be or Not to Be* B88 P76
87 Spaceballs B28 P7
91 Life Stinks πŸ€”B129 P160
93 Robin Hood : Men in Tights B44 P7
94 The Little Rascals* B22 P5
95 Dracula : Dead and Loving It B115 P91
99 Screw Loose* - no data (Italy)
05 The ProducersB115 P115 (producer/writer/voice work)

Movies scored - 15
Box sum - 677
Pop sum - 679

Box avg rank - 45.13
Pop avg rank - 45.27

Box top 20 - ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️
Pop top 20 - πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„

Best box - Blazing Saddles (1)
Worst box - Life Stinks (129)
Best pop - Blazing Saddles (3)
Worst pop - Life Stinks (160)

Pop gainer - Robin Hood : Men in Tights (+37)
Pop loser - Silent Movie (-42)

B+P

Best - Blazing Saddles (4)
Worst - Life Stinks (289)

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

The Producers B34 - P13 = +21 (excellent)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 6
Good (5pts each) = 5
Average (0pts each) = 1
Poor (-5pts each) = 3
Very poor (-10pts each) = 0πŸ’Ž
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) = 8

+60+25-15+40

Mr. Brooks pop/box library score:

110

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Some greats in there.

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Card updated 7/24/24

(Box data found on more films)

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