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The Warriors

1979 · directed by Walter Hill · 94 min · R
25,757 feet · Prominence
288th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $22m, re-releases included; about $102m in 2026 money.

Rank2,885 of 11,051In 197934 of 64

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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Cult monolith, endlessly homaged and quoted.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.5 from 118kWikipedia49k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 173 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 55 praise 77 legacy 78averages 70, placing it at25,757 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

Michael Beck18,795 ftJames Remar18,358 ftDavid Patrick Kelly18,242 ftDorsey Wright18,056 ftPaul Greco17,702 ft