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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975 · directed by Jim Sharman · 99 min
26,819 feet · Prominence
104th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 104th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw79

$171m worldwide in 1975 — $1.05bn in today's money.

As released$171mIn 2026 money$1.05bnRank165 of 8,589In 19752 of 41

How Draw works

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

Praise73

Critics 73, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 73.

Critics73 → 37Awards0 → 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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: The definitive participatory cult film, fifty years.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb7.4 from 182kWikipedia149k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 66 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 79 praise 73 legacy 85averages 79, which places it at26,819 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. Top billing: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien.