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A Christmas Story

1983 · directed by Bob Clark · 93 min
25,935 feet · Prominence
261st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

$21m worldwide in 1983 — $69m in today's money.

As released$21mIn 2026 money$69mRank3,272 of 8,589In 198332 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 82, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics82 → 41Awards0 → 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.

Legacy84

Judged directly: Leg lamp, 24-hour marathon, Christmas fixture.

Verdict84 of 100IMDb7.9 from 175kWikipedia60k views a monthAge43 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 83 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 51 praise 82 legacy 84averages 72, which places it at25,935 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: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd.