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Elf

2003 · directed by Jon Favreau · 97 min
25,353 feet · Prominence
395th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $229m, re-releases included; about $410m in 2026 money.

Rank807 of 11,051In 200318 of 227

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Annual Christmas institution, endlessly quoted.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.1 from 345kWikipedia60k views a monthAge23 years

Scored beside it · 364 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 68 praise 76 legacy 68averages 71, placing it at25,353 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

▲ Will Ferrell

In these careers — elevation for this film

Will Ferrell20,488 ftJames Caan18,785 ftZooey Deschanel18,545 ftJon Favreau18,420 ftMary Steenburgen18,024 ftBob Newhart18,018 ftEd Asner17,970 ftPeter Dinklage17,664 ftPeter Billingsley17,647 ftMichael Lerner17,644 ft