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The Thing

1982 · directed by John Carpenter · 109 min
25,071 feet · Prominence
472nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

$20m worldwide in 1982 — $67m in today's money.

As released$20mIn 2026 money$67mRank3,299 of 8,589In 198233 of 82

How Draw works

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

Praise71

Critics 71, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 71.

Critics71 → 36Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Canonical; practical-effects landmark, enormous horror cult.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.2 from 522kWikipedia99k views a monthAge44 years

On the listsNational Film RegistrySight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 173 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 51 praise 71 legacy 78averages 67, which places it at25,071 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

Kurt Russell22,008 ft