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1976 · directed by Brian De Palma · 98 min
26,267 feet · Prominence
204th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 204th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw61

$34m worldwide in 1976 — $196m in today's money.

As released$34mIn 2026 money$196mRank1,678 of 8,589In 197613 of 44

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Critics 90, awards 30. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics90 → 45Awards30 → 15

Oscars2 nominated Actress, Supporting Actress
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. 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.

Legacy75

Judged directly: Prom blood is a permanent horror image.

Verdict75 of 100IMDb7.4 from 227kWikipedia56k views a monthAge50 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 191 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 61 praise 92 legacy 75averages 76, which places it at26,267 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

Sissy Spacek22,394 ftJohn Travolta21,736 ft