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St. Elmo's Fire

1985 · directed by Joel Schumacher · 108 min
21,427 feet · Prominence
1,887th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw56

$38m worldwide in 1985 — $116m in today's money.

As released$38mIn 2026 money$116mRank2,462 of 8,589In 198526 of 109

How Draw works

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

Praise40

Critics 40, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 40.

Critics40 → 20Awards0 → 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Defined the Brat Pack, hit theme.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.4 from 51kWikipedia36k views a monthAge41 years

Scored beside it · 1,088 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 56 praise 40 legacy 45averages 47, which places it at21,427 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

Demi Moore21,662 ft