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The Lost Boys

1987 · directed by Joel Schumacher · 97 min · R
23,561 feet · Prominence
1,098th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw54

Lifetime worldwide gross $32m, re-releases included; about $94m in 2026 money.

Rank3,062 of 11,051In 198740 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise69

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Defining 80s vampire cult, sax guy.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.2 from 176kWikipedia73k views a monthAge39 years

Scored beside it · 849 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 54 praise 69 legacy 55averages 59, placing it at23,561 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

▲ Corey Haim▲ Edward Herrmann

In these careers — elevation for this film

Kiefer Sutherland19,367 ftCorey Haim18,935 ftJason Patric18,877 ftCorey Feldman18,632 ftDianne Wiest18,319 ftEdward Herrmann18,308 ftJami Gertz18,188 ftAlex Winter17,649 ft