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Gremlins

1984 · directed by Joe Dante · 106 min · PG
26,262 feet · Prominence
199th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 199th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $153m, re-releases included; about $486m in 2026 money.

Rank648 of 11,051In 19844 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.

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Gizmo and the three rules, permanent.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.3 from 273kWikipedia69k views a monthAge42 years

Scored beside it · 161 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 70 praise 78 legacy 78averages 75, placing it at26,262 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

▲ Frances Lee McCain▲ Hoyt Axton

In these careers — elevation for this film

Phoebe Cates18,711 ftZach Galligan18,352 ftHoyt Axton18,131 ftCorey Feldman18,074 ftFrances Lee McCain17,867 ftJim Cummings17,665 ftJudge Reinhold17,661 ftPeter Cullen17,646 ftScott Brady17,629 ft