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The Cowboys

1972 · directed by Mark Rydell · 134 min
22,748 feet · Prominence
1,578th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

Lifetime worldwide gross $8m, re-releases included; about $59m in 2026 money.

Rank3,910 of 11,051In 197222 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise64

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics64 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.

Legacy50

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb7.4 from 17kWikipedia11k views a monthAge54 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 50 praise 64 legacy 50averages 55, placing it at22,748 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

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