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☝️Pop vs. Box 👇 1976

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

Most popular movies of 1976 polled in 2021 * indicates box office rank

1. 🎖️Taxi Driver *11
2. Rocky *1
3. The Bad News Bears *10
4. Carrie *17
5. Logan's Run *18
6. The Outlaw Josey Wales *11
7. King Kong *4
8. All the President's Men *6
9. Network *14
10. The Omen *7

Box Office 1976 *indicates popular 2021 rank

1. 🎖️Rocky (117m) *2
2. To Fly! (87m) n/a
3. A Star is Born (63m) *15
4. King Kong (53m) *7
5. Silver Streak (51m) *35
6. All the President's Men (51m) *8
7. The Omen (49m) *10
8. The Enforcer (46m) *23
9. Midway (43m) *11
10. The Bad News Bears (42m) *3
11. Silent Movie (36m) *53

Biggest Winner:(tie)☝️

🏆Carrie / Logan's Run +13

Biggest Loser :👇

💣Silent Movie -42

Additional:

To Fly! Was IMAX's first release. Shown in amusement parks across America, it featured a flying theme. I thought it interesting to put it in. An experience lost in time, if anyone remembers this in 1976 please share.

Movie with most votes:✍️

🗽Taxi Driver (747k)

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

Mother, Jugs and Speed 20m : 2k votes
Gator 11m : 4k votes
The Missouri Breaks 14m : 9k votes

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

The Man Who Fell to Earth 24k votes : 115k
Assault on Precinct 13 45k votes : n/a
The Message 44k votes : n/a
The Tenant 41k votes: 1m
Murder By Death 35k votes : n/a

🎖️🏆💣 Trailers

Taxi Driver

https://youtu.be/UUxD4-dEzn0

Rocky

https://youtu.be/7RYpJAUMo2M

Carrie

https://youtu.be/YuO26oJQLVs

Logan's Run

https://youtu.be/USADM5Gk9Gs

Silent Movie

https://youtu.be/-DhJA73Ps5U

Additional scoring below 👇
(Added in reply 9/12/21)

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[–] CKid (3816) 3 years ago

My Baker's Dozen list of favorite films from 1976, in alphabetical order, were ...
All the President's Men
Carrie
The Front
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Logan's Run
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Marathon Man
Network
The Omen
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Rocky
Taxi Driver
Two Minute Warning

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Seems we have pretty similar tastes....

Will put Two minute Warning and The Little Girl who lives Down the Lane on my watch list. Thanks. Doing the Father Time series, I've really added to it.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10091) 3 years ago

"Network" was the best movie, and left of both lists - that explains a lot.

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Its #9 on most popular of 1976.

Network was released in mid November of1976 and made 27 mil for that year.

It's incredible showing at the Oscars increased it's status and was re- released in Feb of 1977 (which it made much more money)

I agree that is a great film. But this list ISN'T a best of list. It's what is popular with current users.

I believe IMBD is heavily used by millennials. This is a great film, but it doesn't seem to hold the cache as it did with older generations. Sadly 😔.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10091) 3 years ago

I think you are completely right about IMDB being heavily influenced by millenialss. You can read their statistical breakdowns if you click on the number of votes (by age, male/female, etc) -- that is, if IMDB didn't fuck that up, too.. The site is too slow for me to even browse my ratings or watch-list. I always loved looking at the movie lists created from each movie, usually hoping to find recommendations.

"Mikey and Nicky" (and "Next Stop Greenwich Village") is another great movie from 1976 which seems to have been ignored by everybody!

There were some very good foreign movies, like "The Fifth Seal" and "The Punishment"

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Cool, my to watch list has really increased from doing this series.

Thanks.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10091) 3 years ago

You're very welcome... Please reply and let us know what you think. Enjoy!

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[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 3 years ago

More good films than usual here, on the 2021 list at least.

Again, there's one on the original list which I have never even heard of - To Fly! Some films which are popular in their day vanish into obscurity with time.

**EDIT - So sorry, I just saw your original post and the explanation for the inclusion of To Fly!

My own top ten

1. Small Change
2. Taxi Driver
3. The Outlaw Josey Wales
4. All the President's Men
5. Bound for Glory
6. The Tenant
7. The Desert of the Tartars
8. The Omen
9. Assault on Precinct 13
10. The Front

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Good list, I'll put 1,5 and 7 in my to watch list.

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[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 3 years ago

Thanks! From the favs you mention in your op, I have never seen Car Wash and The Seven Per Cent Solution... I am interested in seeing both, the latter especially.

Brief comments on my numbers 1/4/7: Small Change (also sometimes known as Pocket Money) is just wonderful - perhaps my favourite from Truffaut - seeming lightweight on the surface but a film of immense charm and depth. All the President's Men is, of course, one of the most famous films of the year, and rightly so, one of the most accessible of political movies and still riveting and relevant today. Desert of the Tartars is a strange movie, one which I watched in tribute to the great Max von Sydow when he passed away last year. One of a kind, with one of Ennio Morricone's greatest scores as a major bonus.

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

It was a mistake,I meant 5 not 4(which is one of my favs)

Car Wash is a good one if your in the mood for a silly 70's style comedy. Not great by any means , but a good time capsule movie of America in the 1970's.

Seven Percent Solution is a unique Sherlock Holmes film. I enjoyed it, but some of the more fanatical Sherlock fans find it a bit of a aberration. The ending is unusual for a Sherlock Holmes film.

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[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 3 years ago

I did think it was odd that you hadn't seen ATPM... LOL

Bound for Glory is just lovely, a beautifully shot biopic with a great performance by David Carradine. I tend not to respond well to music bios but this one is a classic.

I shall certainly be checking out both of your movies soon. Car Wash has great music if nothing else!

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[–] Redsfan001 (6004) 3 years ago

Additional scoring for people who laughed out loud at Newsweeks interesting claim in the trailer of Silent Movie.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again B12 P37
Marathon Man B15 P20
Murder by Death B13 P18
Mother, Juggs and Speed B22 P104
The Missouri Breaks B23 P17🥇
Gator B25 P30
Family Plot B24 P42
The Pom Pom Girls B21 P68
Across the Great Divide B20 P153🥇

Biggest Winner:☝️

The Missouri Breaks +6

Biggest Loser:👇

Across the Great Divide -133

🥇 Trailers

Across the Great Divide

https://youtu.be/QRyEW5O03XA

The Missouri Breaks

https://youtu.be/9Mx0elR30b0

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