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The Bad News Bears

1976 · directed by Michael Ritchie · 102 min · PG
23,960 feet · Prominence
897th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw63

Lifetime worldwide gross $42m, re-releases included; about $246m in 2026 money.

Rank1,410 of 11,051In 19769 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

BAFTAs1 nominated Lead acting
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Template for every scrappy sports comedy.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.3 from 26kWikipedia18k views a monthAge50 years

Scored beside it · 1,332 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 63 praise 88 legacy 45averages 65, placing it at23,960 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

▲ Walter Matthau▲ Tatum O'Neal▲ Alfred Lutter▲ Vic Morrow▲ Joyce Van Patten

In these careers — elevation for this film

Walter Matthau20,212 ftTatum O'Neal19,212 ftJackie Earle Haley18,657 ftAlfred Lutter18,175 ftVic Morrow18,085 ftJoyce Van Patten17,917 ft