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Valley of the Dolls

1967 · directed by Mark Robson · 123 min
22,610 feet · Prominence
1,805th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $50m, re-releases included; about $494m in 2026 money.

Rank632 of 11,051In 19676 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise45

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics41 baseAwards15 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 nominated Adaptation or Treatment
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Enduring camp classic, quotable.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6 from 10kWikipedia19k views a monthAge59 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 994 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 70 praise 45 legacy 52averages 56, placing it at22,610 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

Lee Grant17,948 ftRichard Dreyfuss17,662 ftDavid Arkin17,628 ft