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In the Heat of the Night

1967 · directed by Norman Jewison · 109 min
26,945 feet · Prominence
92nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 92nd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw64

$27m worldwide in 1967 — $271m in today's money.

As released$27mIn 2026 money$271mRank1,230 of 8,589In 196712 of 29

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Critics 86, awards 90. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics86 → 43Awards90 → 45

Oscars5 won Picture, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound2 nominated Director, Sound Editing
Golden Globes1 won Actor
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy84

Judged directly: Broke ground on race, Best Picture 1967.

Verdict84 of 100IMDb7.9 from 88kWikipedia26k views a monthAge59 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion CollectionAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 81 of 3,430 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 92 legacy 84averages 80, which places it at26,945 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

Sidney Poitier

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sidney Poitier22,468 ft