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Carlito's Way

1993 · directed by Brian De Palma · 144 min
23,666 feet · Prominence
945th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

$64m worldwide in 1993 — $146m in today's money.

As released$64mIn 2026 money$146mRank2,088 of 8,589In 199330 of 162

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

Critics 75, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 75.

Critics75 → 38Awards0 → 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Pacino and De Palma, enduring cult.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.9 from 244kWikipedia34k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 897 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 58 praise 75 legacy 48averages 60, which places it at23,666 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

Al Pacino22,686 ft