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Rocky III

1982 · directed by Sylvester Stallone · 100 min
24,334 feet · Prominence
672nd of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Rocky III’ With Bill Simmons, Cousin Sal, and Gus Ramsey

How this film scores

Draw69

$125m worldwide in 1982 — $428m in today's money.

As released$125mIn 2026 money$428mRank743 of 8,589In 19825 of 82

How Draw works

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

Praise62

Critics 62, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 62.

Critics62 → 31Awards0 → 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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Mr T, Clubber Lang, Eye of the Tiger.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb6.9 from 227kWikipedia30k views a monthAge44 years

Scored beside it · 501 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 69 praise 62 legacy 60averages 64, which places it at24,334 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 Stallone23,076 ft