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The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976 · directed by Blake Edwards · 103 min · PG
22,636 feet · Prominence
1,767th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $34m, re-releases included; about $196m in 2026 money.

Rank1,756 of 11,051In 197611 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.

Praise71

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics67 baseAwards30 signal → +5 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Sellers Clouseau run remains beloved.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.1 from 34kWikipedia8k views a monthAge50 years

Scored beside it · 1,782 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 61 praise 71 legacy 40averages 57, placing it at22,636 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

▲ Herbert Lom

In these careers — elevation for this film

Peter Sellers19,840 ftHerbert Lom18,645 ftColin Blakely17,842 ftJulie Andrews17,654 ftOmar Sharif17,652 ft