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The Bodyguard

1992 · directed by Mick Jackson · 129 min
23,775 feet · Prominence
901st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Bodyguard’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw78

$411m worldwide in 1992 — $967m in today's money.

As released$411mIn 2026 money$967mRank201 of 8,589In 19922 of 135

How Draw works

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

Praise39

Critics 39, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 39.

Critics39 → 19Awards0 → 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: I Will Always Love You is inescapable.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.4 from 158kWikipedia36k views a monthAge34 years

Scored beside it · 467 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 78 praise 39 legacy 62averages 60, which places it at23,775 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

Kevin Costner23,167 ft