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Once Upon a Time in the West

1968
25,921 feet · Prominence
262nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

$5m worldwide in 1968 — $51m in today's money.

As released$5mIn 2026 money$51mRank3,765 of 8,589In 196820 of 35

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Critics 89, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics89 → 44Awards0 → 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy80

Judged directly: Morricone harmonica; peak-of-genre western.

Verdict80 of 100IMDb8.5 from 384kWikipedia58k views a monthAge58 years

On the listsNational Film RegistrySight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 131 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 49 praise 89 legacy 80averages 73, which places it at25,921 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.