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Rumble Fish

1983
21,495 feet · Prominence
1,873rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

$2m worldwide in 1983 — $8m in today's money.

As released$2mIn 2026 money$8mRank6,085 of 8,589In 198373 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Critics 70, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 70.

Critics70 → 35Awards0 → 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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Stylized Coppola, enduring art-punk cult.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.1 from 39kWikipedia21k views a monthAge43 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,420 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 36 praise 70 legacy 38averages 48, which places it at21,495 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

Nicolas Cage21,590 ft