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Heat

1995 · directed by Michael Mann · 170 min
26,577 feet · Prominence
152nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $187m, re-releases included; about $406m in 2026 money.

Rank818 of 11,051In 199515 of 192

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 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.

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 · 106 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 68 praise 80 legacy 82averages 77, placing it at26,577 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 Pacino20,629 ftRobert De Niro20,031 ftVal Kilmer19,051 ftTom Sizemore18,389 ftJon Voight18,361 ftAshley Judd18,217 ftDiane Venora18,099 ftNatalie Portman17,673 ftHank Azaria17,658 ftTed Levine17,646 ftDennis Haysbert17,645 ftXander Berkeley17,642 ftKathryn Mullen17,637 ft