This is the Top 1000 Movies in our database. Several years back, we came up with an idea to create a mathematical equation that would create a numerical score for each movie. The first thing we had to come up with were factors for the equation. So we thought….if we were producing a movie what would we like to see our movie accomplish. The first thing we would want, would be for the movie to be successful at the box office. Secondly, we would like the critics and movie goers to enjoy our movie. And finally we would like our movie to receive award recognition through Golden Globe® and Oscar® ceremonies. So let’s look at the breakdown of the variables in the equation.
1. Box office results. We figure that box office is the most important factor, so it received the highest percentage (31%) of the equation. The ceiling was $200 million in adjusted box office dollars. Any movie that crossed $200 million maxed out the points in the category.
2. Critics and audience reception. We felt that critical reception was the second most important factor so it received the second highest percentage 47%) of the equation. So where do I find critics/audience reception? We use at least 6 different sources: RottenTomatoes, IMDB, Yahoo Movies, Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin and Fandango. Put them all together and I get an average with 100% being the highest score possible.
3. Award Recognition. The final part of the equation is worth 22%. A movie gets points for Golden Globe® and Oscar® nominations and wins. The Golden Globes get 5% while the Oscars® get 13% of the equation. The last 4% goes to amount of Oscar® nominations and amount of Oscar® wins.
So far we have done Ultimate Movie Ranking Scores on 36,478 movies. Granted that is only a small percentage of films that were ever made but we have done all the big blockbusters and Oscar® winners. So the following table lists the current Top 100 movies that PERFORMED the best in ALL THREE CATEGORIES. In other words we are not saying these are the best movies just the ones that STATISTICALLY PERFORMED THE BEST.
Top 1000 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Top 1000 Movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Top 1000 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Top 1000 movie received.
- Sort Top 1000 Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
just enjoying your fabulous research again. the top 1000 box office is all 200 million adjusted and up. great info, still adding to my must see/see again list. thanks for your efforts,
Thanks for the kind words bob cox…..they are appreciated.
other possible site index listing, especially if WoC can get it to start on those sortings. top 1000 umr with no Oscar nominations. top 1000 review ratings. maybe 5 or 6 new pages with improved appeal to the masses. I hope this works to help UMR. I can find my way but to help others . I’ve got too much time on my hands. to quote refrigerator Perry on SNL “a mind is a terrible thing”
Hey bob cox……I like the idea of the Top Movies without a single Oscar nominations…….maybe a Top 100……the Top 1000s are so big…..and with the search button being so weak….that it is too overwhelming to see all the movie.
Any idea that helps drive traffic I am willing to try…..so your suggestions are really appreciated. In case you did not realize it…I love looking at numbers….especially when they are so strong….for example….check out these three time frames on UMR total views
January 1st – January 23rd 2016…..189,974 views
January 1st – January 23rd 2017…..253,968 views
January 1st – January 23rd 2018…..291,623 views
So now the pressure is to keep it up…..so keep bringing on the suggestions
to increase viewership of this page, I suggest a couple of added index listing. by clicking on Oscar you have list of top 1000 nominees. by clicking on box office you have top 1000 in popularity. you and I know this but marketing is everything. this is so awesome we need to get it in more hands. thanks for your hard work.
Hey bob cox…thanks for the suggestions….they are greatly appreciated. The only problem with these massive tables is that they take awhile to upload. But I will see what we can come up with. Thanks again.
This is EPIC!
Thank you Jerinagan.
YEA Cogerson! the beauty of sortable list. lets me compare greatest (umr) , with most popular (box office) , with most admired/appreciated (review) in a top 1000 list. this may revolutionize movie watching. wow.
Hey bob cox….good to see somebody else seeing how awesome our one line of information is…..to me it does an awesome job of creating a “snapshot” of a movie’s success or failure…..and now some of the movies have the links to the movie’s trailer…..I would be impressed if I stumbled across our website….then again I am biased about UMR….lol.
As I look at the bottom of the 1000…..it is sad to realize that Only Angles Have Wings (one of my favorite Grant movies) is about to fall of the list. Thanks for a comment that helps keep us motivated to keep on going on.