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Revenge of the Nerds

1984 · directed by Jeff Kanew · 90 min
22,463 feet · Prominence
1,528th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw57

$41m worldwide in 1984 — $130m in today's money.

As released$41mIn 2026 money$130mRank2,267 of 8,589In 198419 of 93

How Draw works

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

Praise57

Critics 57, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 57.

Critics57 → 28Awards0 → 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Eighties comedy touchstone, much debated.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.6 from 62kWikipedia29k views a monthAge42 years

Scored beside it · 1,074 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 57 praise 57 legacy 45averages 53, which places it at22,463 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong.