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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡1973


Continuing in the series of a movies rise and fall to Father time.

Popular rankings polled 2021 *indicates Box Office rank

1.πŸŽ–οΈThe Exorcist *1(no change)
2. The Sting *2 (no change)
3. High Planes Drifter *15
4. Papillon *4 (no change)
5. American Graffiti *3
6. Mean Streets *28
7. The Holy Mountain n/a
8. Enter the Dragon *9
9. The Wicker Man n/a
10. Soylent Green *21

(Popularity rankings are fluid and can change day to day)

Box Office 1973 * indicates current popular rank

1. πŸŽ–οΈThe Exorcist (193m)*1
2. The Sting (159m) *2
3. American Graffiti (115m) *5
4. Papillon (53m) *4
5. The Way We Were (49m) *22
6. Magnum Force (44m) *14
7. Live and Let Die (35m) *13
8. Robin Hood (32m) *14
9. Paper Moon (31m) *19
10.Serpico (27m) *11


Biggest Winner:☝️

πŸ†Mean Streets +22

Biggest Loser:πŸ‘‡

πŸ’£The Way We Were -17

Additional:

The Holy Mountain - limited release

The Wicker Man - limited release

Movie with most votes:✍️

πŸ—½The Exorcist (363k)

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

A Touch of Class 18m : 2k votes
Lost Horizon 8m : 2k votes
Class of '44 13m : 467 votes

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

Mean Streets 102k votes: 3m
The Wicker Man 72k votes : 60k
Badlands 68k votes : n/a
Don't Look Now 51k votes : 1m
Amarcord 40k votes : 580k

πŸŽ–οΈπŸ†πŸ’£ Trailers

The Excorcist

https://youtu.be/YDGw1MTEe9k

Mean Streets

https://youtu.be/g9xHpS10CZ0

The Way We Were

https://youtu.be/CKvBvWb0Wzg

Additional scoring below πŸ‘‡
(Added in reply 9/13/21)

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My favorite films from 1973, in alphabetical order, were ...
(*an asterisk indicates that I own the film on DVD or Blu-ray)

American Graffiti
Badlands
Breezy*
Cinderella Liberty
The Exorcist
The Last Detail
Mean Streets
The Paper Chase
Papillon
Sleeper
Soylent Green*
The Sting

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Thanks for sharing. Added the two I haven't seen (Cinderella Liberty and Breezy) to my list.

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I LIKE ALL 20 BUT ONLY LOVE ONE...PAPILLON...EMPEROR OF THE NORTH AND CHARLEY VARRICK BEING 2ND AND 3RD ON MY LIST.

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All great rewatchable movies!

Pretty good year for classics.

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For me, this is easily the strongest 2021 list yet.

My personal top ten:

1. Scenes from a Marriage
2. The Last Detail
3. Day for Night
4. The Exorcist
5. The Wicker Man
6. Badlands
7. Paper Moon
8. Sleeper
9. Papillon
10. The Iceman Cometh

hm: The Homecoming, Don't Look Now, Fantastic Planet, The Day of the Jackal, Mean Streets etc etc

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Thanks, will put Scenes from a Marriage and Day for Night on my list.

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Who is making these new .. rankings?

My favs:
Una breve vacanza (De Sica's last great movie, died within a year)
Payday
Blume in Love
The Last Detail
Papillon
Paper Moon
Scarecrow
Turks fruit
El castillo de la pureza
Deux hommes dans la ville
Scener ur ett Γ€ktenskap
The Long Goodbye
The Outfit
The Day of the Jackal
Breezy

Favorite Documentary - "Come On Children"

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Additional scoring for people like me who look forward to seeing The World's Greatest Athlete.

Jesus Christ Superstar B11 P41
A Touch of Class B15 P136
The Day of the Jackal B16 P24πŸ₯‡
The Last Detail B18 P32
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid B20 P34
Johnathan Livingston Seagull B24 L146
The Day of the Dolphin B23 P95
Lost Horizon B27 P64
Sleeper B14 P51
The World's Greatest Athlete B12 P207πŸ₯‡
Battle for the Planet of the Apes B19 P46

Biggest Winner:☝️

πŸ₯‡ The Day of the Jackal -8

Biggest Loser:πŸ‘‡

πŸ₯‡ The World's Greatest Athlete -195

πŸ₯‡ Trailers

The World's Greatest Athlete

https://youtu.be/XDITa8DzO-c

The Day of the Jackal

https://youtu.be/CyBjYTnqomY

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Lady Snowblood (1973)
Magnum Force (1973)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Mack (1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Boss (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Coffy (1973)
Thriller a Cruel Picture (1973)

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Lady Snowblood #1 on my to watch list.

Friends of Eddie Coyle I rewatch evey few years.

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