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They Live

1988 · directed by John Carpenter · 93 min · R
24,686 feet · Prominence
571st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘They Live’ LIVE From L.A. With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw46

$13m worldwide in 1988 — $36m in today's money.

As released$13mIn 2026 money$36mRank4,319 of 8,589In 198861 of 140

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

Critics 71, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 71.

Critics71 → 35Awards0 → 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.

Legacy76

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

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

Scored beside it · 184 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 71 legacy 76averages 64, which places it at24,686 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower.