E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The record for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is clear: 40% across 255 head-to-head matchups, with no round offering a foothold. It's below average from start to finish. Spielberg's purest emotional instrument, calibrated to make audiences weep across generations. The challenge is that each new generation brings its own touchstones to the ballot. It ranks among the weakest 1980s performers on the platform.
Synopsis
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
The best round is the semis at 45% — and even that's below average. 40% opening, 45% semis, 35% finals: no stage of the bracket offers E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial a foothold.
GoodFellas at 50% is as close to a dead heat as the platform produces. Every vote matters in this one. Jaws is the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial can't figure out — just 14% in their matchups. Jurassic Park causes similar problems at 21%.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial handles Saving Private Ryan in the semis but can't get past Jurassic Park in the final (20%). The tournament nemesis is clear.
Steven Spielberg's 11 films span a wide range: Raiders of the Lost Ark at 71% to Disclosure Day at 33%. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial sits at #9.
Dead last in Spielberg vs. Scorsese.
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