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Predator

1987 · directed by John McTiernan · 107 min
25,303 feet · Prominence
407th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $98m, re-releases included; about $285m in 2026 money.

Rank1,208 of 11,051In 198710 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise57

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics56 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy80

Judged directly: Get to the choppa; icon and meme.

Verdict80 of 100IMDb7.8 from 500kWikipedia105k views a monthAge39 years

Scored beside it · 133 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 64 praise 57 legacy 80averages 67, placing it at25,303 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Kevin Peter Hall

In these careers — elevation for this film

Arnold Schwarzenegger20,407 ftKevin Peter Hall18,713 ftCarl Weathers18,586 ftElpidia Carrillo17,869 ftPeter Cullen17,643 ft