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The Ghost Writer

2010 · directed by Roman Polanski · 128 min
23,299 feet · Prominence
1,227th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw54

Lifetime worldwide gross $60m, re-releases included; about $91m in 2026 money.

Rank3,109 of 11,051In 201091 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Solid thriller, faded, on no list.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.2 from 174kWikipedia14k views a monthAge16 years

Scored beside it · 1,387 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 54 praise 81 legacy 45averages 60, placing it at23,299 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

▲ Olivia Williams

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ewan McGregor20,015 ftPierce Brosnan19,282 ftOlivia Williams18,921 ftTom Wilkinson18,318 ftKim Cattrall18,260 ftTimothy Hutton18,002 ftJon Bernthal17,780 ftEli Wallach17,639 ftRobert Pugh17,624 ft