☝️ Pop vs. Box 👇 '82 - '12

Card 38

Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular rank for year
🥇 - 1st place popular winner for year
🥜 - 3rd place popular loser for year
🤔 - most obscure

(Supporting roles included)

82 Sophie's Choice 🥇 B130 P14
83 Pirates of Penzance B123 P84
83 The Big Chill B15 P8
85 Silverado B25 P18
86 Violets Are Blue B111 P167
87 Cry Freedom B96 P103
88 A Fish Called Wanda B26 P12
89 The January Man B109 P163
90 I Love You to Death B73 P93
91 Soapdish B36 P89
91 Grand Canyon B44 P58
92 Consenting Adults B57 P100
92 Chaplin B98 P35
93 Dave B17 P59
94 Princess Caraboo B160 P192
95 French Kiss B44 P91
97 The Ice Storm B92 P58
97 Fierce Creatures B117 P126
97 In & Out B25 P83
99 Midsummer Nights Dream B99 P102
99 Wild Wild West B17 P23
01 The Anniversary Party B158 P196
01 Life as a House B113 P131
02 The Emperor's Club B125 P144
04 De-Lovely B131 P201
06 The Pink Panther 🥜 B26 P119
06 A Prairie Home Companion B117 P242
06 As You Like It - no data
07 Trade - no data
08 Definitely, Maybe B87 P42
09 Queen to Play - no data
10 The Extra Man - no data
10 The Conspirator B127 P232
11 No Strings Attached B50 P36
12 Darling Companion 🤔 B210 P513

Movies scored - 31
Box sum - 2658
Pop sum - 3534

Box avg rank - 85.74
Pop avg rank - 114.00

BA-PA = -28.26

Box top 20 - 🐠🐠🐠
Pop top 20 - 🐠🐠🐠🐠

Best box - The Big Chill (15)
Worst box - Darling Companion (210)
Best pop - The Big Chill (8)
Worst pop - Darling Companion (513)

Pop gainer - Sophie's Choice (+116)
Pop loser - Darling Companion (-303)


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 rankings are 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

Grand Canyon B44 P58 = -14(avg)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 7
Good (5pts each) = 6
Average (0pts each) = 4
Poor (-5pts each) = 5
Very poor (-10 pts each) = 9
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) = 4

+70+30-25-80+20

Mr. Kline's pop/box library score:

5