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Clue

1985 · directed by Jonathan Lynn · 94 min · PG
23,594 feet · Prominence
1,083rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

Lifetime worldwide gross $15m, re-releases included; about $45m in 2026 money.

Rank4,451 of 11,051In 198558 of 123

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics57 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Massive quoted cult; flames, multiple endings.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.3 from 122kWikipedia47k views a monthAge41 years

Scored beside it · 439 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 48 praise 57 legacy 65averages 57, placing it at23,594 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

▲ Tim Curry

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tim Curry19,564 ftMadeline Kahn18,642 ftChristopher Lloyd18,508 ftLesley Ann Warren18,476 ftMichael McKean18,289 ftEileen Brennan18,213 ft