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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 118 min
25,785 feet · Prominence
282nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw79

Lifetime worldwide gross $333m, re-releases included; about $1.06bn in 2026 money.

Rank165 of 11,051In 19841 of 112

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.

Critics67 baseAwards25 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 won Visual Effects1 nominated Original Score
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom reviewed.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.5 from 565kWikipedia58k views a monthAge42 years

Scored beside it · 254 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 79 praise 71 legacy 72averages 74, placing it at25,785 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

▲ Kate Capshaw▲ Amrish Puri

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harrison Ford20,702 ftKe Huy Quan18,900 ftKate Capshaw18,664 ftAmrish Puri18,212 ftDan Aykroyd17,661 ft