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Spaceballs

1987 · directed by Mel Brooks · 96 min · PG
24,032 feet · Prominence
863rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $38m, re-releases included; about $111m in 2026 money.

Rank2,739 of 11,051In 198734 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise50

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics50 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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Ludicrous speed; quoted by Star Wars fans.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.1 from 222kWikipedia67k views a monthAge39 years

Scored beside it · 284 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 55 praise 50 legacy 72averages 59, placing it at24,032 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

Mel Brooks19,572 ftRick Moranis19,337 ftJohn Candy18,994 ftBill Pullman18,722 ftJohn Hurt17,660 ftDom DeLuise17,650 ftStephen Tobolowsky17,641 ft