Beauty and the Beast

1991 · directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise · 84 min

27,627 feet · Prominence

33rd of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 33rd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw75

$425m worldwide in 1991 — $719m in today's money.

As released$425mIn 2026 money$719mRank341 of 8,589In 19914 of 146

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

Critics 95, awards 58. Half each, so Praise lands at 96.

Critics95 → 48Awards58 → 29

Oscars2 won Original Song, Original Score2 nominated Picture, Sound

Golden Globes1 won Motion Picture

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.

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 · 56 of 3,430 films judged

86Fight Club (1999)

86The Breakfast Club (1985)

85Finding Nemo (2003)

85The Graduate (1967)

85Superman (1978)

85Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

85Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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, which places it at27,627 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach.