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Beauty and the Beast

1991 · directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise · 84 min
27,661 feet · Prominence
34th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 34th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $425m, re-releases included; about $719m in 2026 money.

Rank347 of 11,051In 19914 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics95 baseAwards60 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 won Original Song, Original Score2 nominated Picture, Sound
Golden Globes1 won Motion Picture
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: Disney Renaissance cornerstone, permanently in rotation.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb8 from 503kWikipedia55k views a monthAge35 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 58 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 75 praise 96 legacy 85averages 85, placing it at27,661 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Jerry Orbach▲ Paige O'Hara▲ Richard White

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robby Benson18,946 ftAngela Lansbury18,899 ftJerry Orbach18,696 ftPaige O'Hara18,403 ftRichard White18,221 ftDavid Ogden Stiers18,216 ftBradley Pierce17,993 ftMary Kay Bergman17,639 ftTony Jay17,635 ft