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Pink Flamingos

1972 · directed by John Waters · 93 min
23,991 feet · Prominence
886th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

Lifetime worldwide gross $6m, re-releases included; about $47m in 2026 money.

Rank4,360 of 11,051In 197225 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics65 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Transgressive landmark, Divine, permanently notorious.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb6 from 29kWikipedia32k views a monthAge54 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 435 of 4,039 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 48 praise 65 legacy 65averages 59, placing it at23,991 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

▲ Divine▲ Mink Stole▲ David Lochary▲ Mary Vivian Pearce

In these careers — elevation for this film

Divine19,848 ftMink Stole18,270 ftDavid Lochary18,234 ftMary Vivian Pearce17,953 ft