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American Gigolo

1980 · directed by Paul Schrader · 117 min
23,101 feet · Prominence
1,215th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘American Gigolo’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin

How this film scores

Draw61

$53m worldwide in 1980 — $211m in today's money.

As released$53mIn 2026 money$211mRank1,582 of 8,589In 198015 of 75

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

Critics 65, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 65.

Critics65 → 32Awards0 → 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Gere stardom, Armani style landmark.

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

Scored beside it · 1,042 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 61 praise 65 legacy 45averages 57, which places it at23,101 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. Top billing: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Héctor Elizondo, Nina van Pallandt.