With the upcoming March release of the Disney 3D version of Alice in Wonderland, we are yet again witness to a Tim Burton/Johnny Depp Film. Why do these two continue to work together? Let's take a look at some data for the answers.
Johnny Depp's Overall Average Rating: 67%
Johnny Depp's Average Rating in Tim Burton Films (6): 83.67%
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) - 90%
- Ed Wood (1994) - 90%
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) - 72%
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - 82%
- Corpse Bride (2005) - 82%
- Sweeney Todd (2007) - 86%
Tim Burton's Overall Average Rating: 83%
This shows us how it is in Mr. Depp's interest to be involved in the Alice in Wonderland project. Why does Mr. Burton continue to use Johnny Depp if there is no discernable increase in the quality of the films he makes? To the box office numbers...:
Tim Burton's Average Box Office: $99,176,828
Tim Burton's Average Box Office with Johnny Depp: $182,611,658
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) - 90%, $86,024,005
- Ed Wood (1994) - 90%, $5,887,457
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) - 72%, $206,071,502
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - 82%, $474,968,763
- Corpse Bride (2005) - 82%, $117,195,061
- Sweeney Todd (2007) - 86%, $152,523,164
*The box office figures mean less to Depp as he is now a consistent draw. The figures are skewed in regards to career average. Burton continues to be all over the place on the box office draws.
Add all this up and you have the two reasons why Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have worked together 6 times, going on 7. Oh, and then there is this (from Wikipedia)
I guess they like each other, too.(Depp) has referred to working with Burton as "coming home", and he wrote the introduction to Burton on Burton, a book of interviews with the director, in which he called Burton "...a brother, a friend,...and [a] brave soul"
GRM
