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The Color of Money

1986 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 119 min
23,554 feet · Prominence
1,104th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $52m, re-releases included; about $157m in 2026 money.

Rank2,091 of 11,051In 198620 of 141

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards65 signal → +6 lift

Oscars1 won Actor3 nominated Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Production Design
Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Newman's Oscar, sequel to a classic.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7 from 98kWikipedia31k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 1,563 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 58 praise 88 legacy 42averages 63, placing it at23,554 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

Paul Newman20,084 ftTom Cruise19,780 ftMary Elizabeth Mastrantonio19,243 ftForest Whitaker18,131 ftJohn Turturro18,024 ftBill Cobbs17,793 ft