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Big Trouble in Little China

1986 · directed by John Carpenter · 100 min
22,670 feet · Prominence
1,434th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

$11m worldwide in 1986 — $33m in today's money.

As released$11mIn 2026 money$33mRank4,443 of 8,589In 198663 of 117

How Draw works

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

Praise59

Critics 59, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 59.

Critics59 → 29Awards0 → 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Carpenter cult, Jack Burton endlessly quoted.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.2 from 166kWikipedia32k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 704 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 46 praise 59 legacy 55averages 53, which places it at22,670 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

Kurt Russell22,068 ft