How this film scores
Lifetime worldwide gross $7m, re-releases included; about $21m in 2026 money.
Rank5,857 of 11,051In 198684 of 141
How Draw works
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.
Critics85 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.
Judged directly: Lee's debut launched the Black indie wave.
Verdict55 of 100IMDb6.8 from 17kWikipedia12k views a monthAge40 years
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.
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.