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Back to the Future Part III

1990 · directed by Robert Zemeckis · 119 min
24,491 feet · Prominence
656th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $245m, re-releases included; about $617m in 2026 money.

Rank448 of 11,051In 19906 of 147

How Draw works

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

Praise67

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics67 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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Beloved trilogy's weakest but permanent entry.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb7.5 from 519kWikipedia33k views a monthAge36 years

Scored beside it · 576 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 73 praise 67 legacy 60averages 67, placing it at24,491 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

Christopher Lloyd20,045 ftMichael J. Fox19,988 ftMary Steenburgen18,953 ftThomas F. Wilson18,088 ftLea Thompson18,065 ftElisabeth Shue17,841 ftBill McKinney17,643 ft