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Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009 · directed by Wes Anderson · 87 min
24,499 feet · Prominence
653rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $46m, re-releases included; about $71m in 2026 money.

Rank3,541 of 11,051In 200997 of 312

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards25 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Animated Feature, Original Score
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. 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Criterion Anderson; cuss entered fan vocabulary.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.9 from 297kWikipedia51k views a monthAge17 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 774 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 52 praise 89 legacy 55averages 65, placing it at24,499 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

▲ Eric Chase Anderson

In these careers — elevation for this film

George Clooney19,901 ftMeryl Streep18,720 ftJason Schwartzman18,673 ftMichael Gambon18,399 ftWillem Dafoe18,219 ftEric Chase Anderson17,846 ftBill Murray17,661 ftAdrien Brody17,660 ftOwen Wilson17,658 ftBrian Cox17,650 ftHelen McCrory17,632 ft