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Ghostbusters

1984 · directed by Ivan Reitman · 105 min
27,380 feet · Prominence
54th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Ghostbusters’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw78

$297m worldwide in 1984 — $942m in today's money.

As released$297mIn 2026 money$942mRank215 of 8,589In 19843 of 93

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 83, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics83 → 42Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy88

Judged directly: Who you gonna call, iconic.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb7.8 from 487kWikipedia73k views a monthAge42 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 40 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 83 legacy 88averages 83, which places it at27,380 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.

Whose apex this is

Bill Murray

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bill Murray22,566 ftSigourney Weaver22,219 ft