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1995 · directed by Wayne Wang · 112 min
22,763 feet · Prominence
1,551st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

Lifetime worldwide gross $8m, re-releases included; about $18m in 2026 money.

Rank6,139 of 11,051In 1995124 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 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.

Legacy45

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb7.4 from 39kWikipedia6k views a monthAge31 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 41 praise 80 legacy 45averages 55, placing it at22,763 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

Harvey Keitel19,505 ftWilliam Hurt19,046 ftHarold Perrineau18,414 ftForest Whitaker18,366 ftStockard Channing18,260 ftGiancarlo Esposito17,903 ftAshley Judd17,647 ftMalik Yoba17,624 ft