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Rocky III

1982 · directed by Sylvester Stallone · 100 min
24,097 feet · Prominence
830th 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.

Rank762 of 11,051In 19825 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.

Praise62

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics62 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.

Legacy60

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

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

Scored beside it · 583 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 62 legacy 60averages 64, placing it at24,097 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 Stallone20,232 ftCarl Weathers18,846 ftBurgess Meredith18,430 ftTalia Shire18,324 ftBurt Young18,039 ft