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Hamlet

1996 · directed by Kenneth Branagh · 242 min
22,657 feet · Prominence
1,439th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw38

$5m worldwide in 1996 — $10m in today's money.

As released$5mIn 2026 money$10mRank5,918 of 8,589In 1996126 of 170

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 24. Half each, so Praise lands at 96.

Critics95 → 48Awards24 → 12

Oscars4 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design, Original Dramatic Score
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy33

Judged directly: Complete-text Branagh, used in classrooms.

Verdict33 of 100IMDb7.7 from 41kWikipedia21k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,649 of 3,430 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 38 praise 96 legacy 33averages 56, which places it at22,657 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

Kate Winslet21,817 ftRobin Williams21,578 ftJudi Dench21,567 ft