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American Gigolo

1980 · directed by Paul Schrader · 117 min
22,736 feet · Prominence
1,604th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $53m, re-releases included; about $211m in 2026 money.

Rank1,650 of 11,051In 198015 of 84

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics65 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Gere stardom, Armani style landmark.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.3 from 32kWikipedia21k views a monthAge46 years

Scored beside it · 1,445 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 61 praise 65 legacy 45averages 57, placing it at22,736 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

Richard Gere19,759 ftHéctor Elizondo18,196 ft