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Hustle & Flow

2005 · directed by Craig Brewer · 116 min · R
22,596 feet · Prominence
1,830th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $24m, re-releases included; about $40m in 2026 money.

Rank4,703 of 11,051In 2005134 of 266

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.

Critics76 baseAwards37 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Original Song1 nominated Actor
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Oscar rap moment, Terrence Howard breakout.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.3 from 45kWikipedia18k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 1,787 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 47 praise 80 legacy 40averages 56, placing it at22,596 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

▲ Terrence Howard

In these careers — elevation for this film

Terrence Howard19,820 ftTaraji P. Henson18,692 ftLudacris18,084 ftIsaac Hayes17,625 ft