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The Boys in the Band

1970 · directed by William Friedkin · 120 min
22,895 feet · Prominence
1,464th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $30m in 2026 money.

Rank5,258 of 11,051In 197027 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.

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Landmark queer cinema, low active traffic.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.6 from 6kWikipedia8k views a monthAge56 years

Scored beside it · 1,435 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 45 praise 79 legacy 45averages 56, placing it at22,895 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

Leonard Frey18,502 ftCliff Gorman18,317 ftMaud Adams17,629 ft