
$34m worldwide in 1976 — $196m in today's money.
As released$34mIn 2026 money$196mRank1,678 of 8,589In 197613 of 44
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 90, awards 30. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.
Critics90 → 45Awards30 → 15
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.
Judged directly: Prom blood is a permanent horror image.
Verdict75 of 100IMDb7.4 from 227kWikipedia56k views a monthAge50 years
If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.
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.
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.