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Wall Street

1987 · directed by Oliver Stone · 126 min
25,589 feet · Prominence
330th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw57

Lifetime worldwide gross $44m, re-releases included; about $128m in 2026 money.

Rank2,455 of 11,051In 198729 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.

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics67 baseAwards57 signal → +9 lift

Oscars1 won Actor
Golden Globes1 won Lead acting
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.

Legacy75

Judged directly: Greed is good; Gekko is permanent shorthand.

Verdict75 of 100IMDb7.3 from 173kWikipedia38k views a monthAge39 years

Scored beside it · 204 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 57 praise 76 legacy 75averages 69, placing it at25,589 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

▲ Michael Douglas

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Douglas20,329 ftCharlie Sheen19,490 ftMartin Sheen18,522 ftDaryl Hannah18,212 ftHal Holbrook18,117 ftTerence Stamp17,995 ftSean Young17,871 ftJames Spader17,662 ftSylvia Miles17,633 ft