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Summer of Sam

1999 · directed by Spike Lee · 142 min
22,692 feet · Prominence
1,677th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $19m, re-releases included; about $38m in 2026 money.

Rank4,793 of 11,051In 199995 of 196

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise67

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics67 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy49

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb6.7 from 43kWikipedia14k views a monthAge27 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 47 praise 67 legacy 49averages 54, placing it at22,692 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

John Leguizamo19,508 ftAdrien Brody19,491 ftMira Sorvino18,917 ftSpike Lee18,239 ftJohn Turturro17,650 ftBen Gazzara17,640 ftAnthony LaPaglia17,638 ftJohn Savage17,637 ftMichael Imperioli17,625 ftPatti LuPone17,625 ft