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Halloween

1978 · directed by John Carpenter · 91 min
27,547 feet · Prominence
42nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw67

Lifetime worldwide gross $70m, re-releases included; about $356m in 2026 money.

Rank938 of 11,051In 19788 of 58

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy88

Judged directly: Founded the slasher; Myers and that theme.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb7.7 from 338kWikipedia81k views a monthAge48 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 38 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 67 praise 94 legacy 88averages 83, placing it at27,547 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

▲ Donald Pleasence

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jamie Lee Curtis20,411 ftDonald Pleasence19,803 ftP. J. Soles18,151 ftNancy Kyes18,003 ft