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The Rescuers

1977 · directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and John Lounsbery and Art Stevens · 78 min
23,059 feet · Prominence
1,380th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $169m, re-releases included; about $920m in 2026 money.

Rank233 of 11,051In 19775 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Disney staple, notorious hidden frame.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb6.9 from 75kWikipedia27k views a monthAge49 years

Scored beside it · 2,047 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 78 praise 77 legacy 35averages 63, placing it at23,059 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

▲ Eva Gabor▲ John McIntire

In these careers — elevation for this film

Geraldine Page19,341 ftEva Gabor18,738 ftBob Newhart18,514 ftJohn McIntire17,844 ftJoe Flynn17,839 ftJohn Fiedler17,643 ft