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☝️ Pop vs. Box πŸ‘‡ '59 - '98


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Key -

B - box office rank for year
P - current popular ranking for year
πŸŽ–οΈ - first place rank
πŸ’£ - popular loser in top list
πŸ„ - popular loser 2nd place for year
πŸ€” - most obscure
* - final film appearance

(#/125) rank amongst 125 actors

Note - Mr. Lemmon's movies before 1959 have no box data and have been included in reply. Narration work not included, supporting and minor roles are included

59 Some Like It Hot πŸŽ–οΈ B3 P1
59 It Happened to Jane - no data
60 The Apartment B4 P6
60 Stowaway in the Sky - no data
60 The Wackiest Ship...- no data
62 The Notorious Landlady - no data
62 The Days of Wine/Roses B14 P35
63 Irma la Douce B5 P28
63 Under the Yum Yum Tree - nd
64 Good Neighbor Sam - no data
65 How to Murder Your Wife B16 P50
65 The Great Race B6 P6
66 The Fortune Cookie B22 P35
67 Luv - no data
68 The Odd CoupleπŸ’£ B3 P27
69 April Fools B26 P119
70 The Out-of-Towners B25 P58
72 The War Between...B38 P261
72 Avanti! B26 P26
73 Save the Tiger B37 P119
74 The Front Page B26 P74
75 The Prisoner / Second Ave - nd
76 Alex & The Gypsy - no data
77 Airport '77 B19 P54
79 The China Syndrome B23 P15
80 Tribute - no data
81 Buddy Buddy B77 P157
82 Missing B46 P62
84 Mass Appeal πŸ€” B130 P356
86 That's Life! B117 P291
89 Dad πŸ„ B51 P163
91 JFK B17 P20
92 The Player B57 P24
92 Glenngarry Glen Ross B92 P32
93 Short Cuts B129 P78
93 Grumpy Old Men B15 P60
95 The Grass Harp - no data
95 Grumpier Old Men B20 P66
96 Getting Away with Murder - nd
96 My Fellow Americans B71 P182
96 Hamlet B157 P51
97 Out to Sea B69 P133
98 The Odd Couple II* B90 P178

Movies scored - 31
Box sum - 1431
Pop sum - 2767

Box avg rank - 46.16 (37/125)
Pop avg rank - 89.26

BA-PA = -43.09

Box top 20 -🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭
Pop top 20 - 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

Best box - Some Like It Hot (3), The Odd Couple (3)
Worst box - Hamlet (157)
Best pop - Some Like It Hot (1)
Worst pop - Mass Appeal (356)

Pop gainer - Hamlet (+106)
Pop loser - Mass Appeal (-226)

Pop vs Box awards

πŸŽ–οΈ
πŸ’£
πŸ„

It is natural for popular rankings to be higher due to the influx of art house international and straight to video releases.

Scoring b-p

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

Example

Missing B46 P62 = -16 (avg)

Tally

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

+40,+30,-25,-100,+25

Mr. Lemmon's pop/box library score

-30

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Movies no box data '54-'58

54 It Should Happen to You
54 Phffft
55 Three for the Show
55 Mister Roberts
55 My Sister Eileen
56 You Can't Run Away from It
57 Fire Down Below
57 Operation Mad Ball
58 Cowboy
58 Bell, Book and Candle

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