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They Live

1988 · directed by John Carpenter · 93 min · R
25,062 feet · Prominence
478th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw46

Lifetime worldwide gross $13m, re-releases included; about $36m in 2026 money.

Rank4,894 of 11,051In 198869 of 173

How Draw works

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

Praise71

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics71 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.

Legacy76

Judged directly: Sunglasses, bubblegum line, internet-culture ur-text.

Verdict76 of 100IMDb7.2 from 162kWikipedia57k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 191 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 71 legacy 76averages 64, placing it at25,062 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Roddy Piper▲ Meg Foster▲ George Buck Flower

In these careers — elevation for this film

Roddy Piper19,181 ftKeith David18,960 ftMeg Foster18,011 ftGeorge Buck Flower17,789 ft