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1987 · directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 94 min
23,102 feet · Prominence
1,350th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw38

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $10m in 2026 money.

Rank7,024 of 11,051In 1987103 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Cult vampire western, lasting horror influence.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb6.9 from 48kWikipedia15k views a monthAge39 years

Scored beside it · 1,092 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 38 praise 79 legacy 50averages 56, placing it at23,102 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

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