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Blazing Saddles

1974 · directed by Mel Brooks · 93 min
26,652 feet · Prominence
142nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 142nd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw76

Lifetime worldwide gross $120m, re-releases included; about $800m in 2026 money.

Rank294 of 11,051In 19741 of 47

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards22 signal → +2 lift

Oscars2 nominated Supporting Actress, Film Editing
BAFTAs1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Endlessly quoted, the couldn't-be-made-today benchmark.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.7 from 163kWikipedia45k views a monthAge52 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 154 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 76 praise 83 legacy 78averages 79, placing it at26,652 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

▲ Madeline Kahn▲ Cleavon Little▲ Slim Pickens▲ Charles McGregor

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gene Wilder19,846 ftCleavon Little19,675 ftMel Brooks19,451 ftMadeline Kahn19,438 ftHarvey Korman18,718 ftSlim Pickens18,294 ftCharles McGregor17,785 ftDom DeLuise17,664 ftRichard Farnsworth17,657 ftJohn Hillerman17,639 ftSally Kirkland17,634 ft