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The Princess Bride

1987 · directed by Rob Reiner · 99 min
26,810 feet · Prominence
117th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $31m, re-releases included; about $90m in 2026 money.

Rank3,139 of 11,051In 198742 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy88

Judged directly: 'Inconceivable'; quoted constantly across generations.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb8 from 482kWikipedia6k views a monthAge39 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 48 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 53 praise 86 legacy 88averages 76, placing it at26,810 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

▲ Mandy Patinkin

In these careers — elevation for this film

Cary Elwes19,619 ftMandy Patinkin19,245 ftRobin Wright18,920 ftWallace Shawn18,624 ftChris Sarandon18,462 ftRob Reiner18,329 ftChristopher Guest18,311 ftPeter Falk17,653 ftBilly Crystal17,650 ftCarol Kane17,650 ft