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Trading Places

1983 · directed by John Landis · 116 min
24,973 feet · Prominence
501st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Trading Places’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw65

$90m worldwide in 1983 — $300m in today's money.

As released$90mIn 2026 money$300mRank1,106 of 8,589In 19839 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 78, awards 33. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics78 → 39Awards33 → 16

Oscars1 nominated Original Song Score
BAFTAs2 won Actor, Actress
How Praise works

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.

Legacy58

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

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

Scored beside it · 558 of 3,430 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 82 legacy 58averages 68, which places it at24,973 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

Eddie Murphy22,699 ft