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Conan the Barbarian

1982 · directed by John Milius · 130 min
24,005 feet · Prominence
880th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $69m, re-releases included; about $235m in 2026 money.

Rank1,481 of 11,051In 198212 of 98

How Draw works

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

Praise61

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics56 baseAwards25 signal → +5 lift

Golden Globes1 won Lead acting
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: 'What is best in life'; defined Arnold.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.9 from 173kWikipedia40k views a monthAge44 years

Scored beside it · 527 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 62 praise 61 legacy 62averages 62, placing it at24,005 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

▲ Ben Davidson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Arnold Schwarzenegger19,800 ftJames Earl Jones19,091 ftSandahl Bergman18,501 ftBen Davidson17,859 ftMax von Sydow17,656 ftWilliam Smith17,637 ft