
$10m worldwide in 1973 — $74m in today's money.
As released$10mIn 2026 money$74mRank3,142 of 8,589In 197321 of 43
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 87, awards 68. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.
Critics87 → 43Awards68 → 34
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.
Judged directly: Admired seventies Nicholson, rarely invoked.
Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.5 from 31kWikipedia10k views a monthAge53 years
If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.
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.
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.