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National Lampoon's Vacation

1983 · directed by Harold Ramis · 99 min
25,079 feet · Prominence
468th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw61

$61m worldwide in 1983 — $203m in today's money.

As released$61mIn 2026 money$203mRank1,628 of 8,589In 198316 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.

Praise75

Critics 75, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 75.

Critics75 → 37Awards0 → 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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Founded franchise, Wally World quoted.

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

Scored beside it · 340 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 61 praise 75 legacy 68averages 68, which places it at25,079 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Imogene Coca.