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☝️ Pop vs. Box 👇 2000

posted 3 years ago by Redsfan001 (6004)
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Continuing the series of the rise and fall of movies to father time.

Most popular movies released in year 2000 polled in 2021 * indicates box office

1.🎖️ Gladiator *4
2. Almost Famous *76
3. Requiem for a Dream (limited release)
4. American Psycho *111
5. Snatch *78
6. Memento (limited release)
7. Malena (limited release)
8. Scary Movie *9
9. X-Men *8
10. Road Trip *36

Box Office 2000 *indicates 2021 popular rank

1. 🎖️How the Grinch Stole Christmas (260m) *S
2. Cast Away (234m) * 13
3. Mission Impossible II (215m) *25
4. Gladiator (188m) *1
5. What Women Want (183m)*52
6. The Perfect Storm (183m) *42
7. Meet the Parents (166m) *56
8. X-Men (157m) *9
9. Scary Movie (157m) *8
10. What Lies Beneath (155m) *49

(Seasonal movie - scoring omitted)

Biggest Winner:☝️

🏆American Psycho +107

Biggest Loser:👇

💣Meet the Parents -49

Movie with the most votes:✍️

🗽Gladiator (1.3m)

The Forgotten:🤔
(Movies with a good-moderate box office and a low vote count)

Rugrats in Paris 76m : 11k votes
Snow Day 60m : 11k votes
The Crew 13m : 4k votes
Lost Souls 16m : 10k votes
Bait 15m : 10k votes

The Newcomers:👶
(Movies with a good vote count and a low or no box office)

Requiem for a Dream 784k votes : 3m
Amores Perros 227k votes : 5m
Battle Royale 172k votes : n/a
In the Mood for Love 132k votes : 2m
Dancer in the Dark 104k votes : 4m

🎖️🏆💣 Trailers

Gladiator

https://youtu.be/uvbavW31adA

American Psycho

https://youtu.be/2GIsExb5jJU

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

https://youtu.be/YQV5Pr7pWtM

Additional scoring below 👇
(Added in reply 9/14/21)

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Interesting. My Top 10 according to my Letterboxd ratings:

1. Memento
2. Unbreakable
3. Chopper
4. Snatch
5. American Psycho
6. O Brother Where Art Thou
7. Sexy Beast
8. Nurse Betty
9. High Fidelity
10. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Good list I don't think I've seen #8 or #3.

Memento is a really good unique story.

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Yeah Memento is a true original and still holds up today.

I’d really recommend watching Chopper, it’s a fantastic bio of one of Australia’s most notorious criminal figures and features a career best performance from Eric Bana.

Nurse Betty is one of the blackest comedies you’ll ever see. Renee Zellwegger is great in it, well worth a watch too 👍

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[–] DarkHorse (297) 3 years ago

I love Almost Famous. Overall not a really exciting year for films. I'm surprised MI 2 didn't make the lists.haven't seen any of the MI films but it do well money wise.

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

When the another new MI movie comes out, I'm sure that older ones will be shown on cable and boost MI II popular ranking, at least temporarily.

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[–] spacecomedy (1956) 3 years ago

Malena at #7? What the what? As I've mentioned, these IMDB "popular" lists sound like they're subject to bot manipulation.

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

I've never heard of that either.
I looked at it and this could be a trend with female genZ's.

I'm unconvinced of bot manipulation, but they are very fluid.

With the death of Charles Grodin "Beethoven" shot up to #1 for 1992 films.

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[–] spacecomedy (1956) 3 years ago

Out of curiosity, I did an IMDB popular search based on the 1987 list you recently posted. The popular list has changed since your post which indicates that they must reflect search queries (Beethoven at #1 bears this out). So instead of "Most Popular" it seems like "Most Recent Searches" would be a more appropriate name.

Here's a side-by-side comparison of today's 1987 "popular" list vs. your list (posted 5 days ago)
1. Princess Bride 1. Princess Bride
2. Predator 2. Predator
3. Full Metal Jacket 3. The Witches of Eastwick
4. Spaceballs 4. The Lost Boys
5. The Lost Boys 5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Dirty Dancing 6. Dirty Dancing
7. Robocop 7. Spaceballs
8. The Witches of Eastwick 8. Robocop
9. The Untouchables 9. Masters of the Universe
10. Masters of the Universe 10. The Untouchables

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Yeah if it's fluid it's constantly updating what is popular in that year so it's very touchy to recent searches or events. IMDB doesn't disclose how "popular" is calculated. Recent searches probably weighted, but what is the time frame? One month, one year, Six months? The less the time frame the more accurate it would be. Unlikely that it would be one month or one week because the list wouldn't hold water. So it's either longer than that or the "popular" calculation is more complex.

While not perfect, it's still a good marker for what has become popular with the current crowd.

I can't think of anyone I know who has seen the Four Seasons movie 🙂. But I can't find a person who hasn't seen Indiana Jones.

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[–] spacecomedy (1956) 3 years ago

Based on your note about Beethoven being at #1 for 1992 movies, it must be a pretty short time frame because now it's at #16. Grodin died on May 18 so it's only been a couple weeks. They must give a lot of extra weight to recent searches. They should be more clear and retitle these rankings as Most Recent Searches, since no one would ever classify Chaplin (currently at #1) as more popular than Aladdin (#19) or Batman Returns (#21). Maybe a better comparison would be Box Office vs. Number of Votes.
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?year=1992&title_type=feature&;

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Thanks for your help.

That Beethoven has gone back to normal is a good thing! Because that movie was just a flash in the pan of American consciousness from the death of Mr. Grodin.

I guess the key question you've hit on is what is the best definition of "popular"?

The best answer I can come up with is that it's a combination of current public awareness (thus searches) and good memories or feelings about a movie (votes, ratings) The combination of these probably dictates the "popular" rating.

It can be argued that more people have seen and voted for The Grinch that Stole Christmas, than say a more obscure movie, but the movie left little lasting impression, thus the lower popular level, since less people are searching for it and its less in the public consciousness..(who's thinking of THAT film?)So searches is a factor.

If you just go by one or the other (searches or votes) the list becomes too ridged or too chaotic.

I've done some older years, they seem to be a bit more stable than newer ones, since the searches for older movies is less common, and less a factor in the equation.

1967 next!🙂

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[–] CKid (3816) 3 years ago

My favorite dozen from 2000, in alphabetical order ...
(*an asterisk indicates that I own the film on DVD or Blu-ray)
Almost Famous*
American Psycho
Best In Show*
Finding Forrester*
High Fidelity
O Brother, Where Art Thou?*
Remember the Titans
The Replacements*
Songcatcher*
Thirteen Days
U-571
The Whole Nine Yards*

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Haven't seen Best in Show in years, need to revisit that one.

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[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 3 years ago

The less said about either of those lists the better, so I'll just leave my 2000 top ten and step away...

1. Yi Yi
2. You Can Count on Me
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
4. Eureka
5. The Gleaners & I
6. Best in Show
7. The House of Mirth
8. George Washington
9. Chuck & Buck
10. Wonder Boys

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Very unique, I've only seen two of those (3,6)

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Additional scoring for people whose business card has a watermark.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon B12 P35
Erin Brockovich B13 P11
Charlie's Angels B14 P29
Unbreakable B23 P33
Gone in 60 Seconds B22 P20
Me, Myself and Irene B29 P52
Men of Honor B52 P61
Dude, Where's My Car? B53 P65
The Legend of Bagger Vance B80 P74
The Art of War B81 P145
Reindeer Games B90 P100
Nurse Betty B89 P224🍅
Titan A.E. B91 P85
Red Planet B102 P72
The Contender B101 P152
Small Time Crooks B103 P183
Get Carter B117 P114
The Next Best Thing B116 P233🥜
Traffic B15 P30
Big Momma's House B17 P77
The Patriot B19 P17
Miss Congeniality B20 P36
U-571 B28 P59
Scream 3 B27 P49
Hollow Man B31 P38
The Cell B40 P31
Mission to Mars B41 P83
Rules of Engagement B39 P94
Final Destination B49 P13
Finding Forrester B50 P95
Romeo Must Die B47 P43
Frequency B56 P63
O Brother, Where Art Thou? B55 P26
Pitch Black B61 P40
Little Nicky B60 P64
Bounce B67 P189🍄
28 Days B66 P75
Hanging Up B68 P124
Thirteen Days B71 P99
The 6th Day B72 P79
The Skulls B70 P127
The Watcher B84 P110
High Fidelity B86 P32🥉
Billy Elliot B92 P45
Best in Show B100 P12🥇
Boiler Room B105 P44🥈
Space Cowboys B25 P22
Chicken Run B21 P68
Shaft B33 P93
The Kid B34 P119
Vertical Limit B36 P76
Bring it On B37 P19
Coyote Ugly B42 P4
Snow Days B43 P96
The Whole Nine Yards B44 P41
The Replacements B57 P18
The Beach B59 P25
Pay it Forward B75 P88
Dracula 2000 B76 P91
Proof of Life B78 P107
Remember the Titans B18 P14
Chocolat B32 P16
Where the Heart Is B74 P27
Bedazzled B63 P28
Battlefield Earth B94 P60
Wonder Boys B97 P91 (added11/2/21)

Biggest Winners:☝️

1st 🥇 Best in Show +88
2nd🥈 Boiler Room +61
3rd 🥉 High Fidelity +54
4th (tie) Where the Heart Is, Billy Elliot +47
5th The Replacements +39

Biggest Losers:👇

1st 🍅Nurse Betty -125
2nd🍄 Bounce -122
3rd 🥜 The Next Best Thing -116
4th The Kid -85
5th Small Time Crooks -80

🥇 🍅Trailers

Nurse Betty

https://youtu.be/T6CkdsKu2dI

Best in Show

https://youtu.be/94y9n9lNy2Y

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