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Heat

1995 · directed by Michael Mann · 170 min
26,476 feet · Prominence
168th of 15,261 films scored
The RewatchablesThe Three-'Heat' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Michael Mann

How this film scores

Draw68

$187m worldwide in 1995 — $406m in today's money.

As released$187mIn 2026 money$406mRank797 of 8,589In 199515 of 156

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Critics 80, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics80 → 40Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy82

Judged directly: Legendary shootout, Pacino-De Niro showdown.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb8.3 from 801kWikipedia133k views a monthAge31 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 104 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 68 praise 80 legacy 82averages 77, which places it at26,476 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

Al Pacino22,537 ftRobert De Niro22,294 ftVal Kilmer21,755 ftNatalie Portman21,657 ft