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Trading Places

1983 · directed by John Landis · 116 min
24,861 feet · Prominence
535th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw65

Lifetime worldwide gross $90m, re-releases included; about $300m in 2026 money.

Rank1,145 of 11,051In 19839 of 101

How Draw works

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

Praise84

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards50 signal → +6 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Song Score
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs2 won Actor, Actress1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Christmas staple, peak Murphy, endlessly quoted.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.5 from 177kWikipedia48k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 639 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 65 praise 84 legacy 58averages 69, placing it at24,861 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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