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Stand by Me

1986
25,938 feet · Prominence
260th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Stand By Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw58

$52m worldwide in 1986 — $157m in today's money.

As released$52mIn 2026 money$157mRank1,977 of 8,589In 198621 of 117

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 82, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics82 → 41Awards12 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Coming-of-age touchstone, train tracks permanent.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.1 from 480kWikipedia158k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 164 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 58 praise 83 legacy 78averages 73, which places it at25,938 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.