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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970
22,571 feet · Prominence
1,486th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$9m worldwide in 1970 — $77m in today's money.

As released$9mIn 2026 money$77mRank3,100 of 8,589In 197017 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.

Praise68

Critics 68, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 68.

Critics68 → 34Awards0 → 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Meyer camp cult, midnight-movie staple.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.1 from 12kWikipedia13k views a monthAge56 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,184 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 52 praise 68 legacy 42averages 54, which places it at22,571 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.