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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1996 · directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise · 91 min
24,230 feet · Prominence
774th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw74

Lifetime worldwide gross $325m, re-releases included; about $684m in 2026 money.

Rank382 of 11,051In 19965 of 191

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Musical or Comedy Score
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Hellfire has a large online afterlife.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7 from 183kWikipedia45k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,030 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 74 praise 78 legacy 50averages 67, placing it at24,230 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

▲ Tony Jay

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tom Hulce19,142 ftKevin Kline18,675 ftDemi Moore18,486 ftTony Jay18,483 ftJason Alexander18,029 ftJim Cummings17,660 ftDavid Ogden Stiers17,644 ftBill Fagerbakke17,636 ftMary Kay Bergman17,634 ftRodger Bumpass17,631 ft