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Crocodile Dundee

1986 · directed by Peter Faiman · 97 min
25,501 feet · Prominence
353rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $328m, re-releases included; about $988m in 2026 money.

Rank196 of 11,051In 19862 of 141

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards54 signal → +7 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Actor2 nominated Best Picture, Supporting acting
BAFTAs2 nominated Lead acting, Screenplay
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: That's not a knife, permanently quoted.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.6 from 122kWikipedia35k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 468 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 78 praise 82 legacy 62averages 74, placing it at25,501 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

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