← Apex Mountain

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974 · directed by Guy Hamilton · 125 min
22,490 feet · Prominence
1,520th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

$98m worldwide in 1974 — $653m in today's money.

As released$98mIn 2026 money$653mRank405 of 8,589In 19745 of 42

How Draw works

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

Praise42

Critics 42, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 42.

Critics42 → 21Awards0 → 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Scaramanga and the golden gun endure.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.7 from 121kWikipedia32k views a monthAge52 years

Scored beside it · 1,073 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 73 praise 42 legacy 45averages 53, which places it at22,490 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: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams.