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The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 135 min
24,938 feet · Prominence
511st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

$32m worldwide in 1976 — $184m in today's money.

As released$32mIn 2026 money$184mRank1,757 of 8,589In 197615 of 44

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Critics 80, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics80 → 40Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Original Score
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Registry Western, Eastwood at his best.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.8 from 84kWikipedia30k views a monthAge50 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 437 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 60 praise 80 legacy 62averages 67, which places it at24,938 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

Clint Eastwood

In these careers — elevation for this film

Clint Eastwood22,658 ft