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Footloose

1984 · directed by Herbert Ross · 107 min
23,669 feet · Prominence
1,038th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw63

Lifetime worldwide gross $80m, re-releases included; about $254m in 2026 money.

Rank1,360 of 11,051In 198410 of 112

How Draw works

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

Praise49

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics49 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Title song, Bacon's dance, remade and staged.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb6.6 from 100kWikipedia6k views a monthAge42 years

Scored beside it · 438 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 63 praise 49 legacy 65averages 59, placing it at23,669 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

Kevin Bacon20,215 ftJohn Lithgow19,109 ftLori Singer18,330 ftDianne Wiest18,210 ftChris Penn18,204 ftSarah Jessica Parker17,963 ftFrances Lee McCain17,629 ft