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Pink Flamingos

1972 · directed by John Waters · 93 min
23,800 feet · Prominence
886th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

$6m worldwide in 1972 — $47m in today's money.

As released$6mIn 2026 money$47mRank3,883 of 8,589In 197222 of 31

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

Critics 65, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 65.

Critics65 → 32Awards0 → 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.

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 · 385 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 48 praise 65 legacy 65averages 59, which places it at23,800 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: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole.