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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988 · directed by David Zucker · 86 min
25,607 feet · Prominence
330th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw69

$152m worldwide in 1988 — $425m in today's money.

As released$152mIn 2026 money$425mRank748 of 8,589In 19889 of 140

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 82, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics82 → 41Awards0 → 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Comedy landmark, endlessly quoted Nielsen.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.6 from 219kWikipedia61k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 363 of 3,430 films judged
65The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

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 69 praise 82 legacy 65averages 72, which places it at25,607 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: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy.