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Cat Ballou

1965 · directed by Elliot Silverstein · 97 min
23,060 feet · Prominence
1,230th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

$21m worldwide in 1965 — $217m in today's money.

As released$21mIn 2026 money$217mRank1,536 of 8,589In 19658 of 29

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 75, awards 66. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics75 → 38Awards66 → 33

Oscars1 won Actor3 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Adaptation or Treatment
Golden Globes1 won Actor
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.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Marvin's Oscar, comedy western forgotten.

Verdict30 of 100IMDb6.7 from 16kWikipedia9k views a monthAge61 years

Scored beside it · 1,842 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 62 praise 83 legacy 30averages 58, which places it at23,060 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

Jane Fonda22,121 ft