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Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985 · directed by George P. Cosmatos · 96 min
23,229 feet · Prominence
1,271st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $300m, re-releases included; about $921m in 2026 money.

Rank232 of 11,051In 19853 of 123

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics40 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Sound Editing
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Defined eighties action jingoism, the headband.

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

Scored beside it · 708 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 78 praise 41 legacy 58averages 59, placing it at23,229 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

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