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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991 · directed by Kevin Reynolds · 143 min
23,449 feet · Prominence
1,155th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $390m, re-releases included; about $946m in 2026 money.

Rank217 of 11,051In 19912 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise56

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics52 baseAwards16 signal → +4 lift

BAFTAs1 won Actor
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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Bryan Adams song and Rickman endure.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6.9 from 221kWikipedia0k views a monthAge35 years

Scored beside it · 966 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 78 praise 56 legacy 52averages 62, placing it at23,449 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

▲ Alan Rickman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Alan Rickman20,393 ftKevin Costner20,225 ftMorgan Freeman19,166 ftMary Elizabeth Mastrantonio18,619 ftChristian Slater18,258 ftSean Connery17,655 ftMichael Wincott17,643 ft