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Stripes

1981 · directed by Ivan Reitman · 106 min
23,007 feet · Prominence
1,400th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw65

Lifetime worldwide gross $85m, re-releases included; about $310m in 2026 money.

Rank1,114 of 11,051In 19816 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.

Praise68

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics68 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Murray-Ramis service comedy, widely quoted.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.8 from 85kWikipedia20k views a monthAge45 years

Scored beside it · 1,423 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 65 praise 68 legacy 45averages 59, placing it at23,007 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

▲ P. J. Soles

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bill Murray20,090 ftHarold Ramis18,938 ftWarren Oates18,913 ftJohn Candy18,856 ftSean Young18,111 ftP. J. Soles18,079 ftDennis Quaid17,658 ftBill Paxton17,657 ftJudge Reinhold17,651 ft