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Do the Right Thing

1989 · directed by Spike Lee · 120 min
26,660 feet · Prominence
139th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris

How this film scores

Draw54

$37m worldwide in 1989 — $99m in today's money.

As released$37mIn 2026 money$99mRank2,716 of 8,589In 198937 of 125

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Critics 93, awards 47. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics93 → 46Awards47 → 24

Oscars2 nominated Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes4 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Screenplay
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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: All four canons; Radio Raheem still urgent.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb7.9 from 123kWikipedia51k views a monthAge37 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion CollectionAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 69 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 54 praise 94 legacy 85averages 78, which places it at26,660 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

Samuel L. Jackson21,709 ft