
$217m worldwide in 1988 — $604m in today's money.
As released$217mIn 2026 money$604mRank461 of 8,589In 19885 of 140
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 47, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 47.
Critics47 → 24Awards0 → 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.
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.
Judged directly: Arnold-DeVito high concept still referenced.
Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.2 from 146kWikipedia25k views a monthAge38 years
If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.
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.
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.