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Return of the Jedi

1983 · directed by Richard Marquand · 132 min
26,991 feet · Prominence
95th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 95th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw82

Lifetime worldwide gross $573m, re-releases included; about $1.32bn in 2026 money.

Rank99 of 11,051In 19831 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.

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics71 baseAwards34 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Special Achievement Academy Award4 nominated Production Design, Original Score, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other1 nominated Sound
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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: Ewoks, saga conclusion, deeply iconic.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb8.3 from 1.2mWikipedia56k views a monthAge43 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 69 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 82 praise 75 legacy 85averages 81, placing it at26,991 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

▲ Carrie Fisher

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harrison Ford20,561 ftMark Hamill19,747 ftCarrie Fisher19,016 ftBilly Dee Williams18,331 ftIan McDiarmid18,295 ftBen Burtt17,682 ftJames Earl Jones17,672 ftFrank Oz17,668 ftAlec Guinness17,661 ftKenny Baker17,638 ftDenis Lawson17,636 ftMike Edmonds17,629 ft