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Sudden Impact

1983 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 117 min
23,783 feet · Prominence
897th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

$150m worldwide in 1983 — $497m in today's money.

As released$150mIn 2026 money$497mRank612 of 8,589In 19835 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise52

Critics 52, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 52.

Critics52 → 26Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: 'Go ahead, make my day' is permanent.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb6.6 from 52kWikipedia13k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 588 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 70 praise 52 legacy 58averages 60, which places it at23,783 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

Clint Eastwood23,094 ft