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Beetlejuice

1988 · directed by Tim Burton · 92 min
25,836 feet · Prominence
272nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $85m, re-releases included; about $236m in 2026 money.

Rank1,478 of 11,051In 198816 of 173

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.

Critics77 baseAwards14 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won Makeup and Hairstyling
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy75

Judged directly: Say his name three times; Halloween permanence.

Verdict75 of 100IMDb7.4 from 418kWikipedia77k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 202 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 62 praise 79 legacy 75averages 72, placing it at25,836 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

▲ Michael Keaton▲ Dick Cavett

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Keaton20,446 ftWinona Ryder19,322 ftGeena Davis18,820 ftAlec Baldwin18,779 ftCatherine O'Hara18,627 ftJeffrey Jones18,137 ftDick Cavett17,663 ft