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Red Dawn

1984 · directed by John Milius · 114 min
22,563 feet · Prominence
1,489th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw56

$38m worldwide in 1984 — $122m in today's money.

As released$38mIn 2026 money$122mRank2,373 of 8,589In 198423 of 93

How Draw works

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

Praise51

Critics 51, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 51.

Critics51 → 25Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Wolverines became permanent political shorthand.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6.3 from 68kWikipedia36k views a monthAge42 years

Scored beside it · 773 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 56 praise 51 legacy 52averages 53, which places it at22,563 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson.