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Romancing the Stone

1984 · directed by Robert Zemeckis · 106 min
23,386 feet · Prominence
1,183rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $87m, re-releases included; about $275m in 2026 money.

Rank1,255 of 11,051In 19848 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.

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards47 signal → +6 lift

Oscars1 nominated Film Editing
Golden Globes2 won Best Picture, Actress
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Eighties adventure romcom, gently faded.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.9 from 111kWikipedia25k views a monthAge42 years

Scored beside it · 1,571 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 64 praise 81 legacy 42averages 62, placing it at23,386 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

▲ Kathleen Turner

In these careers — elevation for this film

Kathleen Turner20,139 ftMichael Douglas19,408 ftDanny DeVito18,545 ftZack Norman17,802 ftRon Silver17,652 ft