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Arthur

1981 · directed by Steve Gordon · 97 min
23,675 feet · Prominence
937th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw66

$95m worldwide in 1981 — $347m in today's money.

As released$95mIn 2026 money$347mRank943 of 8,589In 19815 of 76

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 62. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics77 → 39Awards62 → 31

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor2 nominated Actor, Original Screenplay
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Big eighties comedy, badly faded.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb6.9 from 32kWikipedia19k views a monthAge45 years

Scored beside it · 1,462 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 66 praise 85 legacy 35averages 62, which places it at23,675 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald.