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Arthur

1981 · directed by Steve Gordon · 97 min
23,168 feet · Prominence
1,305th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $95m, re-releases included; about $347m in 2026 money.

Rank975 of 11,051In 19815 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards81 signal → +9 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor2 nominated Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes3 won Best Picture, Actor, Supporting acting1 nominated Lead acting
BAFTAs2 nominated Supporting acting, Craft and other
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Big eighties comedy, badly faded.

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

Scored beside it · 2,045 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 66 praise 87 legacy 35averages 63, placing it at23,168 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

▲ Dudley Moore▲ John Gielgud

In these careers — elevation for this film

Dudley Moore20,135 ftJohn Gielgud19,374 ftLiza Minnelli18,692 ftGeraldine Fitzgerald18,066 ftLou Jacobi17,626 ft