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☝️ Pop vs Box 👇 '83 - '12


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Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular ranking for year
🤔 - most obscure

Note - all movies written and directed by Mr. Lee unless marked by a * (director only)

83 Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop..- no data
86 She's Gotta Have It B87 P113
88 School Daze B66 P117
89 Do the Right Thing B41 P18
90 Mo' Better Blues B74 P111
91 Jungle Fever B44 P71
92 Malcolm X B32 P49
94 Crooklyn B98 P146
95 Clockers B101 P148
96 Girl 6* B152 P214
96 Get on the Bus* 🤔B144 P304
98 He Got Game B79 P93
99 Summer of Sam B87 P41
00 Bamboozled B169 P150
02 25th Hour* B137 P68
04 She Hate Me - no data
06 Inside Man* B23 P27
08 Miracle at St. Anna* B153 P267
12 Red Hook Summer - no data

Movies scored - 16
Box sum - 1487
Pop sum - 1930

Box avg rank - 92.92
Pop avg rank - 120.62

Ba-Pa = -27.68

Box top 20 - n/a
Pop top 20 - 🎥

Best box - Inside Man (23)
Worst box - Bamboozled (169)
Best pop - Do the Right Thing (18)
Worst pop - Get on the Bus (304)

Pop Gainer - 25th Hour (+69)
Pop Loser - Get on the Bus (-160)

B+P

Best - Do the Right Thing (59)
Worst - Get on the Bus (448)

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.

Scoring b-p

10+ = excellent
9 to -9 = good
-10 to -29 = average
-30 to -49 = poor
-50 and below = very poor

Example

He Got Game B79 P93 = -14 (average)

Tally

Excellent (10pts each) = 4
Good (5pts each) = 1
Average (0pts each) = 4
Poor (-5pts each) = 3
Very Poor (-10pts each) = 4
Pop top 20 bonus (5pts each) = 1

+40,+5,-15,-40,+5

Mr. Lees pop/box library score

-5

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