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Back to the Future Part III

1990 · directed by Robert Zemeckis · 119 min
24,789 feet · Prominence
552nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

$245m worldwide in 1990 — $617m in today's money.

As released$245mIn 2026 money$617mRank442 of 8,589In 19906 of 129

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

Critics 67, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 67.

Critics67 → 34Awards0 → 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.

Legacy60

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

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

Scored beside it · 494 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 73 praise 67 legacy 60averages 67, which places it at24,789 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: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson.