Top Ten List
Seventies sports pyramid; 1979 domestic box-office list (twelve named)
- 1 Rocky
- 2 The Longest Yard
- 3 Breaking Away
- Slap Shot
- The Bad News Bears
- Rollerball
- The Jericho Mile
- Rocky II
- North Dallas Forty
- 10 The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Also mentioned
1979 domestic box office (introduced as a top ten, closed as 'our top 12')
In the discussion (5)
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- The final seventies sports-movie pyramid places Rocky first; The Longest Yard and Breaking Away second and third; Slap Shot, The Bad News Bears and Rollerball on the next tier; and The Jericho Mile, Rocky II, North Dallas Forty and The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training on the last tier. — Bill Simmons
- Downhill Racer was initially tenth but is removed when its 1969 release is pointed out; Breaking Training replaces it. — Bill Simmons
- Fast Break, One on One, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings receive honorable mentions; Fat City is additionally recommended, while Inside Moves is excluded as 1980. — Bill Simmons
- Slap Shot receives a personal favorite vote, and another preference would move The Jericho Mile higher; the top seven are considered more established than the lower spots.
- A list introduced as the 1979 domestic top ten names twelve: Superman, The Amityville Horror, Rocky II, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Apocalypse Now, 10, The Jerk, Moonraker, Meatballs, Escape from Alcatraz and Manhattan. The speaker explicitly corrects the count to twelve. — Bill Simmons