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National Lampoon's Vacation

1983 · directed by Harold Ramis · 99 min
25,093 feet · Prominence
469th of 24,106 films scored
The Rewatchables‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $61m, re-releases included; about $203m in 2026 money.

Rank1,703 of 11,051In 198315 of 101

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Founded franchise, Wally World quoted.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.3 from 127kWikipedia36k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 368 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 61 praise 75 legacy 68averages 68, placing it at25,093 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

▲ Chevy Chase▲ Imogene Coca

In these careers — elevation for this film

Chevy Chase19,994 ftRandy Quaid18,536 ftAnthony Michael Hall18,531 ftBeverly D'Angelo18,497 ftHarold Ramis18,371 ftImogene Coca17,978 ftJohn Candy17,665 ftEugene Levy17,647 ftFrank McRae17,635 ft