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The Hot Rock

1972 · directed by Peter Yates · 101 min
22,619 feet · Prominence
1,791st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $28m in 2026 money.

Rank5,397 of 11,051In 197228 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.

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Film Editing
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

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb6.8 from 7kWikipedia7k views a monthAge54 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 44 praise 75 legacy 45averages 55, placing it at22,619 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

▲ Ron Leibman▲ Moses Gunn

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robert Redford19,365 ftGeorge Segal18,864 ftRon Leibman18,203 ftMoses Gunn17,879 ftChristopher Guest17,638 ftZero Mostel17,624 ft