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The Karate Kid Part II

1986 · directed by John G. Avildsen · 113 min
22,463 feet · Prominence
1,527th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Karate Kid Part II’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

How this film scores

Draw66

$115m worldwide in 1986 — $347m in today's money.

As released$115mIn 2026 money$347mRank942 of 8,589In 19866 of 117

How Draw works

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

Praise52

Critics 52, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 52.

Critics52 → 26Awards0 → 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Sequel revived by Cobra Kai.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.2 from 108kWikipedia19k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 1,188 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 66 praise 52 legacy 42averages 53, which places it at22,463 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: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Danny Kamekona, Nobu McCarthy.