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Rudy

1993 · directed by David Anspaugh · 114 min · PG
23,468 feet · Prominence
1,147th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $23m, re-releases included; about $52m in 2026 money.

Rank4,174 of 11,051In 199373 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: The reference point for underdog sports stories.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.5 from 74kWikipedia34k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 964 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 49 praise 76 legacy 52averages 59, placing it at23,468 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Charles S. Dutton

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sean Astin19,966 ftCharles S. Dutton18,722 ftJon Favreau18,378 ftNed Beatty18,242 ftVince Vaughn18,112 ftLili Taylor18,090 ftRobert Prosky17,639 ftJason Miller17,626 ft