The Basketball Diaries and Blue Chips are currently dead even at 50–50

Addiction and corruption deadlocked — two basketball dramas about what the game costs.

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The Verdict David vs Goliath

This matchup has 12 votes. The picture may shift as more people weigh in.

Basketball Diaries: basketball as paradise lost to heroin. Blue Chips: basketball as institution corrupted by money. The tie says both costs generate equal engagement.

The Numbers

The Basketball Diaries Blue Chips
Head-to-Head 50% 50%
Overall Win Rate 59% 55%
Championships 8 4
Budget $2M $35M
Box Office $2M $26M

Where This Matchup Sits

Out of 88 Drama films on the platform, The Basketball Diaries at #10 and Blue Chips is in the top quarter.

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Basketball Movie Madness Part II - The Snubs

The Basketball Diaries
Semi-Pro
Love & Basketball
Above the Rim
Blue Chips
Air Bud
The 6th Man
Inside Moves
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