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A Christmas Story

1983 · directed by Bob Clark · 93 min
26,320 feet · Prominence
192nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 192nd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $69m in 2026 money.

Rank3,622 of 11,051In 198336 of 101

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 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.

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 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 51 praise 82 legacy 84averages 72, placing it at26,320 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

▲ Darren McGavin▲ Jean Shepherd

In these careers — elevation for this film

Darren McGavin19,169 ftJean Shepherd18,843 ftPeter Billingsley18,823 ftMelinda Dillon18,473 ft