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Body Heat

1981 · directed by Lawrence Kasdan · 113 min · R
23,569 feet · Prominence
1,096th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $24m, re-releases included; about $87m in 2026 money.

Rank3,201 of 11,051In 198135 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Neo-noir template, faded from wide view.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.4 from 43kWikipedia23k views a monthAge45 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,365 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 53 praise 87 legacy 45averages 62, placing it at23,569 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

William Hurt19,911 ftKathleen Turner19,909 ftRichard Crenna18,437 ftMickey Rourke18,176 ftTed Danson18,126 ft