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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991 · directed by David Zucker · 85 min · PG-13
23,358 feet · Prominence
1,199th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $192m, re-releases included; about $465m in 2026 money.

Rank686 of 11,051In 19917 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise71

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics71 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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: Solid sequel to a comedy landmark.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.9 from 140kWikipedia25k views a monthAge35 years

Scored beside it · 1,381 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 71 legacy 45averages 62, placing it at23,358 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Leslie Nielsen▲ Priscilla Presley

In these careers — elevation for this film

Leslie Nielsen20,159 ftGeorge Kennedy18,302 ftPriscilla Presley18,207 ftRichard Griffiths18,115 ftO. J. Simpson17,945 ft