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Sudden Impact

1983 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 117 min
23,493 feet · Prominence
1,135th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $150m, re-releases included; about $497m in 2026 money.

Rank625 of 11,051In 19835 of 101

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics52 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.

Legacy58

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

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

Scored beside it · 703 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 70 praise 52 legacy 58averages 60, placing it at23,493 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 Eastwood20,295 ftSondra Locke19,156 ftBradford Dillman18,019 ftPat Hingle17,973 ftJack Thibeau17,758 ft