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First Blood

1982 · directed by Ted Kotcheff · 93 min
25,443 feet · Prominence
363rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $125m, re-releases included; about $428m in 2026 money.

Rank761 of 11,051In 19824 of 98

How Draw works

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

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 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.

Legacy70

Judged directly: Created Rambo, one of cinema's recognisable figures.

Verdict70 of 100IMDb7.7 from 299kWikipedia56k views a monthAge44 years

Scored beside it · 311 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 69 praise 74 legacy 70averages 71, placing it at25,443 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

▲ Richard Crenna

In these careers — elevation for this film

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