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The Goonies

1985 · directed by Richard Donner · 114 min
25,623 feet · Prominence
321st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $70m, re-releases included; about $214m in 2026 money.

Rank1,625 of 11,051In 198511 of 123

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 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: Truffle Shuffle, permanent 80s nostalgia touchstone.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.7 from 324kWikipedia87k views a monthAge41 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 174 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 61 praise 70 legacy 78averages 70, placing it at25,623 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

▲ Jeff Cohen

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sean Astin19,445 ftKe Huy Quan18,923 ftCorey Feldman18,628 ftJosh Brolin18,454 ftJeff Cohen18,135 ftJoe Pantoliano17,658 ftKeenan Wynn17,638 ftRobert Davi17,635 ft