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Slap Shot

1977 · directed by George Roy Hill · 123 min · R
23,942 feet · Prominence
903rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $28m, re-releases included; about $152m in 2026 money.

Rank2,148 of 11,051In 197717 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.

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Hockey's sacred text, endlessly quoted.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.2 from 44kWikipedia19k views a monthAge49 years

Scored beside it · 823 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 58 praise 74 legacy 55averages 62, placing it at23,942 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

▲ Jennifer Warren

In these careers — elevation for this film

Paul Newman19,901 ftMichael Ontkean18,324 ftLindsay Crouse18,202 ftStrother Martin18,196 ftJennifer Warren17,987 ftMelinda Dillon17,646 ftSwoosie Kurtz17,635 ft