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Romancing the Stone

1984 · directed by Robert Zemeckis · 106 min
23,721 feet · Prominence
917th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

$87m worldwide in 1984 — $275m in today's money.

As released$87mIn 2026 money$275mRank1,215 of 8,589In 19848 of 93

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

Critics 75, awards 28. Half each, so Praise lands at 78.

Critics75 → 37Awards28 → 14

Oscars1 nominated Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Actress
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: Eighties adventure romcom, gently faded.

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

Scored beside it · 1,139 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 64 praise 78 legacy 42averages 61, which places it at23,721 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

Michael Douglas22,787 ft