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Black Christmas

1974 · directed by Bob Clark · 98 min
23,222 feet · Prominence
1,273rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $27m in 2026 money.

Rank5,448 of 11,051In 197432 of 47

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: Built the slasher template before Halloween.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.1 from 55kWikipedia27k views a monthAge52 years

Scored beside it · 857 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 44 praise 69 legacy 55averages 56, placing it at23,222 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

▲ John Saxon

In these careers — elevation for this film

Olivia Hussey18,812 ftMargot Kidder18,690 ftJohn Saxon18,288 ftKeir Dullea18,092 ft