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2017 The Measured Circle's Most Profitable Movies
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While tracking a movie's box office is fascinating, The Measured Circle is also interested in how profitable a movie is.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2017 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2017 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we've added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be a made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award someone and then the percentages will change.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underachiever Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change, when known):
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2017 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2017 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we've added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be a made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award someone and then the percentages will change.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underachiever Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change, when known):
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
The 50 Year Career Club
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This list recognizes actors with at screen credits on IMDb which cover a span of at least fifty years. It's something I started on Twitter with the hashtag #50YearCareerClub, and goes along with my #100CreditsClub. I add to it when I do a daily birthday feature. Note: these years can certainly be different than what you see hear: actors may continue to accrue credits after I've listed them here. I congratulate these performers on their long careers and thank them for at least half a century of entertaining us.
Note: if an actor's credit appears considerably after their death, I will tend not to count it here, presuming it was archival footage, digitally created, or in some other way done without the actor's participation. That's going to be imperfect.
This list originally appeared in the The Measured Circle blog.
Note: if an actor's credit appears considerably after their death, I will tend not to count it here, presuming it was archival footage, digitally created, or in some other way done without the actor's participation. That's going to be imperfect.
This list originally appeared in the The Measured Circle blog.
The Hundred Credits Club
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This is a listing of actors who have more than one hundred credits on IMDb (it's worth noting that an entire TV series, regardless of the number of episodes in which a performer appears, counts as one credit). I do wish IMDb would let us sort search results by number of credits, but given that they don't, I made the #100CreditsClub on Twitter. I usually notice them when I'm doing a birthday feature every day, but wanted to consolidate them...so here it is. These are not necessarily in order: that's hard to maintain, since they can change.
2018 The Measured Circle's Box Office MVPs
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Who are the Most Valuable Players in the movies?
What actors generate the most American domestic gross (dogro)?
There are a lot of ways to measure this, and The Measured Circle has our own (begun with movies released in 2010).
Here are our rules:
1. You must have been first-billed in a movie that makes at least $100 million dogro in the year in question
2. You must have appeared in at least one other movie that dogroed at least $40 million in the year in question (but you do not have to have been first-billed)
3. Voice roles count: one of the reasons they cast big names in animated features is that they attract audiences
4. Since we base it on release year, it may be well into the following year until the standings are final. We do not count re-releases that do not happen in the same year as the initial release.
Movies in which the actor appeared and earned at least $40 million in the year in question may appear in the description for the actor.
Added in 2016 (starting with our 2015 MVPs): the "On a roll" designation. It's perhaps surprisingly difficult for an actor to repeat on our list two years in a row...and even harder to do it for three or more. We will now recognize that two-in-a-row achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
What actors generate the most American domestic gross (dogro)?
There are a lot of ways to measure this, and The Measured Circle has our own (begun with movies released in 2010).
Here are our rules:
1. You must have been first-billed in a movie that makes at least $100 million dogro in the year in question
2. You must have appeared in at least one other movie that dogroed at least $40 million in the year in question (but you do not have to have been first-billed)
3. Voice roles count: one of the reasons they cast big names in animated features is that they attract audiences
4. Since we base it on release year, it may be well into the following year until the standings are final. We do not count re-releases that do not happen in the same year as the initial release.
Movies in which the actor appeared and earned at least $40 million in the year in question may appear in the description for the actor.
Added in 2016 (starting with our 2015 MVPs): the "On a roll" designation. It's perhaps surprisingly difficult for an actor to repeat on our list two years in a row...and even harder to do it for three or more. We will now recognize that two-in-a-row achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
2018 The Measured Circle's Most Profitable Movies
74 titles |
Public
While tracking a movie's box office is fascinating, The Measured Circle is also interested in how profitable a movie is.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2018 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2017 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award a movie and then the percentages will change.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underachiever Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change, when known):
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2018 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2017 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award a movie and then the percentages will change.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underachiever Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change, when known):
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
2019 The Measured Circle's Box Office MVPs
51 people |
Public
Who are the Most Valuable Players in the movies?
What actors generate the most American domestic gross (dogro)?
There are a lot of ways to measure this, and The Measured Circle has our own (begun with movies released in 2010).
Here are our rules:
1. You must have been first-billed in a movie that makes at least $100 million dogro in the year in question
2. You must have appeared in at least one other movie that dogroed at least $40 million in the year in question (but you do not have to have been first-billed)
3. Voice roles count: one of the reasons they cast big names in animated features is that they attract audiences
4. Since we base it on release year, it may be well into the following year until the standings are final. We do not count re-releases that do not happen in the same year as the initial release.
Movies in which the actor appeared and earned at least $40 million in the year in question may appear in the description for the actor.
Added in 2016 (starting with our 2015 MVPs): the "On a roll" designation. It's perhaps surprisingly difficult for an actor to repeat on our list two years in a row...and even harder to do it for three or more. We will now recognize that two-in-a-row achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
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Projected (we expect that at least one of the movies listed for the actor will break $100m domestically, and that the other will make at least $40m domestically): zzzzz
Possible (in these cases, we are not as confident that either of the movies will get to $100m, and that the other one will get to $40m):
* Tracy Letts: Ford v Ferrarri ($100m+); Little Women
Why isn't...on the list?
Note: due to a change, it is now more difficult to put these lists in order. When you see it, it may not be in order...but within an hour or two, it should be
What actors generate the most American domestic gross (dogro)?
There are a lot of ways to measure this, and The Measured Circle has our own (begun with movies released in 2010).
Here are our rules:
1. You must have been first-billed in a movie that makes at least $100 million dogro in the year in question
2. You must have appeared in at least one other movie that dogroed at least $40 million in the year in question (but you do not have to have been first-billed)
3. Voice roles count: one of the reasons they cast big names in animated features is that they attract audiences
4. Since we base it on release year, it may be well into the following year until the standings are final. We do not count re-releases that do not happen in the same year as the initial release.
Movies in which the actor appeared and earned at least $40 million in the year in question may appear in the description for the actor.
Added in 2016 (starting with our 2015 MVPs): the "On a roll" designation. It's perhaps surprisingly difficult for an actor to repeat on our list two years in a row...and even harder to do it for three or more. We will now recognize that two-in-a-row achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
===
Projected (we expect that at least one of the movies listed for the actor will break $100m domestically, and that the other will make at least $40m domestically): zzzzz
Possible (in these cases, we are not as confident that either of the movies will get to $100m, and that the other one will get to $40m):
* Tracy Letts: Ford v Ferrarri ($100m+); Little Women
Why isn't...on the list?
Note: due to a change, it is now more difficult to put these lists in order. When you see it, it may not be in order...but within an hour or two, it should be
2020 The Measured Circle's Most Profitable Movies
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While tracking a movie's box office is fascinating, The Measured Circle is also interested in how profitable a movie is.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2020 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2020 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award a movie and then the percentages will change. On 5 May 2019, we started listing the dogro (domestic gross) percentage of the whole: a movie would need to be under 34% to be a Road Winner.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underperformer Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change ((and due to recent events, several tentpoles have changed)), when known):
* Westside Story (18 December) * Godzilla vs. Kong (20 November) * Minions The Rise of Gru (3 July) * Wonder Woman 1984 (5 June) * Fast & Furious 9 (22 May) * Black Widow (1 May)
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
* Dune (18 December) * Eternals (6 November) * Halloween Kills (16 October) * Death on the Nile (9 October) * The Witches (9 October) * Bill & Ted Face the Music (21 August) * The One and Only Ivan (14 August) * Morbius (24 July) * Jungle Cruise (24 July) * Ghostbusters 2020 (10 July) * In the Heights (26 June) * Top Gun: Maverick (26 June) * Artemis Fowl (5 June) * The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (22 May) * Scoob! (15 May) * Legally Blonde 3 (8 May) * Trolls World Tour (17 April) * The New Mutants (3 April) * Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (3 April)
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2020 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2020 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award a movie and then the percentages will change. On 5 May 2019, we started listing the dogro (domestic gross) percentage of the whole: a movie would need to be under 34% to be a Road Winner.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underperformer Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change ((and due to recent events, several tentpoles have changed)), when known):
* Westside Story (18 December) * Godzilla vs. Kong (20 November) * Minions The Rise of Gru (3 July) * Wonder Woman 1984 (5 June) * Fast & Furious 9 (22 May) * Black Widow (1 May)
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
* Dune (18 December) * Eternals (6 November) * Halloween Kills (16 October) * Death on the Nile (9 October) * The Witches (9 October) * Bill & Ted Face the Music (21 August) * The One and Only Ivan (14 August) * Morbius (24 July) * Jungle Cruise (24 July) * Ghostbusters 2020 (10 July) * In the Heights (26 June) * Top Gun: Maverick (26 June) * Artemis Fowl (5 June) * The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (22 May) * Scoob! (15 May) * Legally Blonde 3 (8 May) * Trolls World Tour (17 April) * The New Mutants (3 April) * Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (3 April)
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
2017 The Measured Circle's Box Office MVPs
73 people |
Public
Who are the Most Valuable Players in the movies?
What actors generate the most American domestic gross (dogro)?
There are a lot of ways to measure this, and The Measured Circle has our own (begun with movies released in 2010).
Here are our rules:
1. You must have been first-billed in a movie that makes at least $100 million dogro in the year in question
2. You must have appeared in at least one other movie that dogroed at least $40 million in the year in question (but you do not have to have been first-billed)
3. Voice roles count: one of the reasons they cast big names in animated features is that they attract audiences
4. Since we base it on release year, it may be well into the following year until the standings are final. We do not count re-releases that do not happen in the same year as the initial release.
Movies in which the actor appeared and earned at least $40 million in the year in question may appear in the description for the actor.
Added in 2016 (starting with our 2015 MVPs): the "On a roll" designation. It's perhaps surprisingly difficult for an actor to repeat on our list two years in a row...and even harder to do it for three or more. We will now recognize that achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
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Projected (we expect that at least one of the movies listed for the actor will break $100m domestically, and that the other will make at least $40m domestically):
Possible (in these cases, we are not as confident that either of the movies will get to $100m, and that the other one will get to $40m):
Why isn't...on the list?
What actors generate the most American domestic gross (dogro)?
There are a lot of ways to measure this, and The Measured Circle has our own (begun with movies released in 2010).
Here are our rules:
1. You must have been first-billed in a movie that makes at least $100 million dogro in the year in question
2. You must have appeared in at least one other movie that dogroed at least $40 million in the year in question (but you do not have to have been first-billed)
3. Voice roles count: one of the reasons they cast big names in animated features is that they attract audiences
4. Since we base it on release year, it may be well into the following year until the standings are final. We do not count re-releases that do not happen in the same year as the initial release.
Movies in which the actor appeared and earned at least $40 million in the year in question may appear in the description for the actor.
Added in 2016 (starting with our 2015 MVPs): the "On a roll" designation. It's perhaps surprisingly difficult for an actor to repeat on our list two years in a row...and even harder to do it for three or more. We will now recognize that achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
===
Projected (we expect that at least one of the movies listed for the actor will break $100m domestically, and that the other will make at least $40m domestically):
Possible (in these cases, we are not as confident that either of the movies will get to $100m, and that the other one will get to $40m):
Why isn't...on the list?
The Hundred Series Club
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These actors have acted in at least 100 TV series! That could be as a regular, recurring, or guest.
2019 The Measured Circle's Most Profitable Movies
69 titles |
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While tracking a movie's box office is fascinating, The Measured Circle is also interested in how profitable a movie is.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2019 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2019 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award a movie and then the percentages will change. On 5 May 2019, we started listing the dogro (domestic gross) percentage of the whole: a movie would need to be under 34% to be a Road Winner.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underperformer Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change, when known):
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2019 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb (or elsewhere...we prefer using BoxOfficeMojo, which, like IMDb, is owned by Amazon, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2019 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature (introduced in 2013), we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer. A traditional measure of success is the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money" Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden" Dogro 30X production budget = "Platinum" (God's Not Dead prompted the creation of this new award)
Dogro less than 50% of production budget= "Underperformer"
Starting in July 2017, we added another Measured Circle Award: Road Winner. These movies have at least 2/3rds of their box office from "foreign", per BoxOfficeMojo. While we specifically focus on US box office, that can help explain why, for example, a sequel might be made to a movie which was an Underperformer. This number is also particularly unstable in the early part of a movie's release, since movies don't open in all markets simultaneously. For that reason, not every movie that qualifies may show the award, and it's possible we'll award a movie and then the percentages will change. On 5 May 2019, we started listing the dogro (domestic gross) percentage of the whole: a movie would need to be under 34% to be a Road Winner.
Sub-40s
These movies did not make it to the list below because they did not dogro $40.0m. We will note two kinds: ones that have dogroed triple their production budget (Golden) or had a production budget of at least $40.0m and have not dogroed half of their budget (Underachievers).
Golden Sub-40s may appear here before their run is done and they may earn more dogro (particularly if they are nominated for or win Oscars). Underachiever Sub-40s are not added here until that status seems very likely (we will typically wait at least two months from the release date).
Golden Sub-40s
Underperformer Sub-40s
Projected (we are confident that these movies will appear on the list…USA release dates are shown, subject to change, when known):
Possible (we are less confident in these, but wouldn't be surprised if they dogro at least $40m):
NOTE: due to what is hopefully a temporary change, it is much harder to put this list in order than it used to be...it may not be in order when you see it.
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