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The War of the Roses

1989 · directed by Danny DeVito · 116 min
23,900 feet · Prominence
835th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw69

$160m worldwide in 1989 — $426m in today's money.

As released$160mIn 2026 money$426mRank744 of 8,589In 198911 of 125

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 82, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics82 → 41Awards0 → 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: Divorce black comedy, still name-checked.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.8 from 62kWikipedia54k views a monthAge37 years

Scored beside it · 1,332 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 69 praise 82 legacy 38averages 63, which places it at23,900 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

Michael Douglas22,859 ft