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Up in Smoke

1978 · directed by Lou Adler · 86 min · R
23,477 feet · Prominence
1,144th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $42m, re-releases included; about $211m in 2026 money.

Rank1,657 of 11,051In 197816 of 58

How Draw works

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

Praise51

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics51 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Registry stoner comedy, founded a genre.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.9 from 43kWikipedia9k views a monthAge48 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 535 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 51 legacy 62averages 58, placing it at23,477 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

▲ Strother Martin

In these careers — elevation for this film

Cheech Marin19,815 ftStrother Martin18,097 ftEllen Barkin17,655 ftStacy Keach17,647 ftTom Skerritt17,645 ft