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Saturday Night Fever

1977 · directed by John Badham · 118 min
27,304 feet · Prominence
62nd of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw82

$237m worldwide in 1977 — $1.29bn in today's money.

As released$237mIn 2026 money$1.29bnRank97 of 8,589In 19773 of 42

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 80, awards 20. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics80 → 40Awards20 → 10

Oscars1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: Travolta pose and disco defined an era.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb6.8 from 94kWikipedia49k views a monthAge49 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 61 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 82 praise 82 legacy 85averages 83, which places it at27,304 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

John Travolta23,316 ft