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Rocky II

1979 · directed by Sylvester Stallone · 119 min
23,891 feet · Prominence
837th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Rocky II’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw77

$200m worldwide in 1979 — $910m in today's money.

As released$200mIn 2026 money$910mRank237 of 8,589In 19792 of 61

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

Critics 65, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 65.

Critics65 → 32Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy45

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

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

Scored beside it · 980 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 77 praise 65 legacy 45averages 62, which places it at23,891 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

Sylvester Stallone23,164 ft