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To Live and Die in L.A.

1985 · directed by William Friedkin · 116 min · R
22,928 feet · Prominence
1,450th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $17m, re-releases included; about $53m in 2026 money.

Rank4,129 of 11,051In 198552 of 123

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Friedkin cult; famed reverse-freeway chase.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.3 from 46kWikipedia27k views a monthAge41 years

Scored beside it · 1,763 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 49 praise 85 legacy 40averages 58, placing it at22,928 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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