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Frost/Nixon

2008 · directed by Ron Howard · 122 min
22,838 feet · Prominence
1,333rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

$27m worldwide in 2008 — $42m in today's money.

As released$27mIn 2026 money$42mRank4,081 of 8,589In 2008113 of 224

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Critics 87, awards 71. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics87 → 43Awards71 → 36

Oscars5 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Director
BAFTAs2 nominated Film, Direction
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Stage transfer, culturally quiet.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.6 from 115kWikipedia13k views a monthAge18 years

Scored beside it · 1,696 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 47 praise 91 legacy 32averages 57, which places it at22,838 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall.