Dog Day Afternoon

1975 · directed by Sidney Lumet · 125 min

26,416 feet · Prominence

175th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 175th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw66

$57m worldwide in 1975 — $348m in today's money.

As released$57mIn 2026 money$348mRank940 of 8,589In 19755 of 41

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Critics 90, awards 79. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics90 → 45Awards79 → 40

Oscars1 won Original Screenplay5 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Film Editing

Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting Actor

BAFTAs1 won Actor

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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Dog Day Afternoon reviewed.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8 from 286kWikipedia70k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 226 of 3,430 films judged

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72Midnight Cowboy (1969)

72Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

72Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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 66 praise 94 legacy 72averages 77, which places it at26,416 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 Pacino22,834 ft