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Rocky II

1979 · directed by Sylvester Stallone · 119 min
23,265 feet · Prominence
1,249th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw77

Lifetime worldwide gross $200m, re-releases included; about $910m in 2026 money.

Rank242 of 11,051In 19792 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics65 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Sequel living off the original's legacy.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.3 from 244kWikipedia29k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 1,393 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 77 praise 65 legacy 45averages 62, placing it at23,265 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

▲ Sylvester Stallone

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sylvester Stallone20,232 ftCarl Weathers18,565 ftTalia Shire18,471 ftBurgess Meredith18,375 ftBurt Young18,136 ftFrank McRae17,635 ft