
$286m worldwide in 1965 — $3.00bn in today's money.
As released$286mIn 2026 money$3.00bnRank5 of 8,589In 19651 of 29
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 73, awards 91. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.
Critics73 → 37Awards91 → 45
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: Universal songbook, permanent family canon.
Verdict92 of 100IMDb8.1 from 289kWikipedia129k views a monthAge61 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.