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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1976 · directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · 117 min
23,119 feet · Prominence
1,211st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw38

$2m worldwide in 1976 — $10m in today's money.

As released$2mIn 2026 money$10mRank5,873 of 8,589In 197638 of 44

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

Critics 71, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 71.

Critics71 → 36Awards0 → 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Benchmark for extreme, transgressive cinema.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb5.8 from 72kWikipedia102k views a monthAge50 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 598 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 38 praise 71 legacy 58averages 56, which places it at23,119 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: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti.