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Deliverance

1972 · directed by John Boorman · 109 min
26,403 feet · Prominence
184th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw67

Lifetime worldwide gross $46m, re-releases included; about $364m in 2026 money.

Rank918 of 11,051In 19727 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards66 signal → +5 lift

Oscars3 nominated Picture, Director, Film Editing
Golden Globes4 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy74

Judged directly: Duelling Banjos and the river, permanent.

Verdict74 of 100IMDb7.6 from 128kWikipedia60k views a monthAge54 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 212 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 67 praise 90 legacy 74averages 77, placing it at26,403 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

Jon Voight20,549 ftBurt Reynolds20,015 ftNed Beatty18,818 ftRonny Cox18,313 ftBill McKinney17,645 ft