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The Fox and the Hound

1981 · directed by Ted Berman and Art Stevens and Richard Rich · 82 min
22,523 feet · Prominence
1,952nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $30m, re-releases included; about $108m in 2026 money.

Rank2,785 of 11,051In 198129 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.

Praise70

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Disney tearjerker, generational staple.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.2 from 109kWikipedia0k views a monthAge45 years

Scored beside it · 1,653 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 55 praise 70 legacy 42averages 56, placing it at22,523 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

▲ Mickey Rooney

In these careers — elevation for this film

Kurt Russell18,893 ftMickey Rooney18,584 ftJack Albertson18,081 ftCorey Feldman17,647 ftJohn Fiedler17,638 ftJohn McIntire17,627 ft