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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989 · directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik · 97 min
25,048 feet · Prominence
479th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw61

$75m worldwide in 1989 — $198m in today's money.

As released$75mIn 2026 money$198mRank1,663 of 8,589In 198924 of 125

How Draw works

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

Praise61

Critics 61, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 61.

Critics61 → 30Awards0 → 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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Annual holiday ritual, endlessly quoted.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.5 from 246kWikipedia61k views a monthAge37 years

Scored beside it · 174 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 61 praise 61 legacy 78averages 67, which places it at25,048 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: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki.