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Heaven Can Wait

1978 · directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry · 101 min
23,724 feet · Prominence
916th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

$99m worldwide in 1978 — $500m in today's money.

As released$99mIn 2026 money$500mRank604 of 8,589In 19785 of 59

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Critics 77, awards 74. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics77 → 39Awards74 → 37

Oscars1 won Production Design8 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Score
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Largely forgotten outside its Oscar year.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb6.9 from 25kWikipedia14k views a monthAge48 years

Scored beside it · 1,663 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 70 praise 85 legacy 32averages 62, which places it at23,724 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

Warren Beatty22,819 ft