It’s come to my attention, via a reader comment, that the #1 lists I’ve been using are not accurate. The lists that Box Office Boffo is based on come from Wikipedia. I have spent several hour...
June 9, 1974 | 2 weeks at #1 Seen by Martin before? No What did I expect? A cute comedy about a sentient VW bug. What did I get? With a mise-en-scène not far removed from the campy Batman movie...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/0088-herbie-rides-again/
May 26, 1974 | 2 weeks at #1 Seen by Martin before? No What did I expect? A diverting heist movie or western? Not much info going in here. What did I get? The underappreciated Thunderbolt and Li...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/0087-thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/
May 19, 1974 | 1 week at #1 Seen by Martin before? No What did I expect? A crazy road trip adventure! What did I get? Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is a grubby countercultural classic for greasemonkey...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/0086-dirty-mary-crazy-larry/
May 4, 1974 | 2 weeks at #1 Seen by Martin before? No What did I expect? Something about Brooklyn thugs, tone to be determined. What did I get? The Lords of Flatbush artlessly combines the raw e...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/0085-the-lords-of-flatbush/
April 14, 1974 | 1 week at #1 Seen by Martin before? Yes What did I expect? An exceptional, probing character study, rather typical of its time. What did I get? No Hollywood feature in American ...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/0084-the-conversation/
April 7, 1974 | 2 weeks at #1 Seen by Martin before? Yes What did I expect? A tense, intelligent study of extreme motherhood. What did I get? Better than expected and yet not as good as it seems...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/0083-the-sugarland-express/
March 31, 1974 | 1 week at #1 Seen by Martin before? Yes What did I expect? A droopy adaptation of the Fitzgerald masterpiece. What did I get? Jack Clayton’s version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/0082-the-great-gatsby/
February 17, 1974 | 7 weeks at #1 Seen by Martin before? Yes What did I expect? An utterly hilarious and tasteless western parody. What did I get? Rude, sunny, and not what you’d call ironic, ...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/0081-blazing-saddles/
January 6, 1974 | 6 weeks at #1 Seen by Martin before? No What did I expect? An unpleasant, terrifying movie. What did I get? The strategies employed in The Exorcist are probably unique in Holly...
https://boxofficeboffo.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/0080-the-exorcist/