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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '79 - '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’£ - popular loser top list
πŸ€” - most obscure
* - director/writer
** - actor/director
*** writer/actor

(#/142) - rank amongst 142 actors

Note - Some of Mr. Gibson's work prior to '81 has no box data and has been included in reply. Voice work for animation not included.

79 Mad Max B44 P7
81 Attack Force Z - no data
81 Gallipoli - no data
81 The Road Warrior B29 P5
82 The Year of Living Dangerously B58 P33
84 The Bounty πŸ₯‰ B91 P38
84 The River B66 P130
84 Mrs. Soffel B108 P225
85 Mad Max : Beyond Thunderdome B23 P29
87 Lethal Weapon B8 P10
88 Tequila Sunrise B27 P58
89 Lethal Weapon 2 B3 P13
90 Bird on a Wire B16 P74
90 Air America B37 P80
90 Hamlet B57 P89
92 Forever Young B27 P69
92 Lethal Weapon 3 B4 P44
93 The Man Without a Face** B61 P109
94 Maverick B12 P42
95 Braveheart** B18 P2
96 Ransom πŸ’£ B5 P62
97 Conspiracy Theory B19 P68
98 Lethal Weapon 4 B11 P82
99 Payback B26 P62
00 The Patriot B19 P17
00 What Women Want B5 P52
00 The Million Dollar Hotel - no data
02 We Were Soldiers B34 P28
02 Signs B6 P20
03 The Singing Detective - no data
04 The Passion of the Christ* B3 P38
06 Apocalypto* B64 P12
10 Edge of Darkness B72 P146
11 The BeaverπŸ€” B205 P264
12 Get the Gringo*** - no data

Movies scored - 30
Box sum - 1158
Pop sum - 1908

Box avg rank - 38.60 (25/142)
Pop avg rank - 63.60

BA-PA = -25.00

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Pop top 20 - βš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈ

Best box - Lethal Weapon 2 (3), The Passion of the Christ (3)
Worst box - The Beaver (205)
Best pop - Braveheart (2)
Worst pop - The Beaver (264)

Pop gainer - The Bounty (+53)
Pop loser - Mrs. Soffel (-117)

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

Signs B6 - P20 = -14 (avg)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 6
Good (5pts each) = 4
Average (0pts each) = 2
Poor (-5pts each) = 11
Very poor (-10pts each) = 7
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) = 8

+60,+20,-55,-70,+40

Mr. Gibson's pop/box library score

-5

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Movies no box data '77-'80

77 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
77 Summer City
79 Tim
80 The Chain Reaction

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Card updated 9/13/22

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Vote count/rank data

Total vote count - all movies listed:

5,009,000

Avg vote count per movie:

147,323

Avg vote rank per movie in year:

47th

Movies in top 20 vote rank for year:

βš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈβš”οΈ

Top 5 (#of votes)

1. Braveheart 1,042,972
2. Signs 367k (14th)
3. Apocalypto 316k (22nd)
4. The Patriot 279k (14th)
5. Lethal Weapon 262k

Top 5 (vote rank for year)

1. Braveheart (3rd)
2. The Road Warrior (4th) (183k)
3. Mad Max (5th) (210k)
4. Lethal Weapon (6th)
5. Mad Max: Thunderdome (8th) (139k)

Bottom 5 (# of votes)

1. Attack Force Z 2,504
2. Mrs. Soffel 3,347
3. The River 7,172 (88th)
4. The Singing Detective 8,710
5. The Million Dollar Hotel 21,829

Bottom 5 (vote rank for year)

1. The Singing Detective (227th)
2. Attack Force Z (168th)
3. The Beaver (159th) (50k)
4. Mrs. Soffel (139th)
5. The Million Dollar Hotel (126th)

....and the rest

Gallipoli 40k/20th
The Year/Living Dangerously 22k/38th
The Bounty 28k/40th
Tequila Sunrise 32k/52nd
Lethal Weapon 2 179k/10th
Bird on a Wire 46k/34th
Air America 29k/50th
Hamlet 23k/67th
Forever Young 48k/42nd
Lethal Weapon 3 171k/13th
Man Without a Face 30k/75th
Maverick 114k/20th
Ransom 130k/21st
Conspiracy Theory 102k/41st
Lethal Weapon 4 166k/28th
Payback 140k/37th
What Women Want 211k/25th
We Were Soldiers 144k/38th
The Passion of the Christ 254k/37th
Edge of Darkness 96k/92nd

Date posted 1/31/23

*The Beaver added 6/12/23

Added 2/16/24πŸ‘‡
Get the Gringo 111k/79th

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Card updated 6/12/23

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Card and vote count updated 2/16/24

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