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Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985 · directed by George P. Cosmatos · 96 min
23,655 feet · Prominence
949th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

$300m worldwide in 1985 — $921m in today's money.

As released$300mIn 2026 money$921mRank226 of 8,589In 19853 of 109

How Draw works

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

Praise41

Critics 40, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 41.

Critics40 → 20Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Sound Editing
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Defined eighties action jingoism, the headband.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb6.5 from 195kWikipedia35k views a monthAge41 years

Scored beside it · 591 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 78 praise 41 legacy 58averages 59, which places it at23,655 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 Stallone23,282 ft