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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975 · directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam · 91 min · PG
27,005 feet · Prominence
92nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 92nd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw46

Lifetime worldwide gross $6m, re-releases included; about $35m in 2026 money.

Rank4,943 of 11,051In 197530 of 43

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy90

Judged directly: Quoted line for line by generations.

Verdict90 of 100IMDb8.2 from 600kWikipedia38k views a monthAge51 years

Scored beside it · 25 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 46 praise 92 legacy 90averages 76, placing it at27,005 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

John Cleese19,247 ftGraham Chapman18,938 ftEric Idle18,761 ftTerry Gilliam18,588 ft