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The Three Musketeers

1973 · directed by Richard Lester · 107 min
22,956 feet · Prominence
1,432nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

Lifetime worldwide gross $22m, re-releases included; about $164m in 2026 money.

Rank2,023 of 11,051In 197313 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 baseAwards45 signal → +4 lift

Golden Globes1 won Actress2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Best-loved Musketeers adaptation, faded.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.1 from 22kWikipedia0k views a monthAge53 years

Scored beside it · 2,052 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 59 praise 87 legacy 35averages 60, placing it at22,956 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

▲ Michael York▲ Frank Finlay

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael York19,180 ftOliver Reed19,083 ftFaye Dunaway18,796 ftRichard Chamberlain18,434 ftChristopher Lee18,410 ftFrank Finlay18,207 ftGeraldine Chaplin17,915 ftCharlton Heston17,657 ftJoss Ackland17,638 ftJean-Pierre Cassel17,634 ftRichard Briers17,632 ft