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Monster's Ball

2001 · directed by Marc Forster · 113 min
23,009 feet · Prominence
1,398th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $45m, re-releases included; about $84m in 2026 money.

Rank3,267 of 11,051In 200176 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise84

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards60 signal → +7 lift

Oscars1 won Actress1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Actress
BAFTAs1 nominated Actress
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Berry's historic Oscar, film quietly faded.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7 from 97kWikipedia35k views a monthAge25 years

Scored beside it · 1,752 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 53 praise 84 legacy 40averages 59, placing it at23,009 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

▲ Halle Berry

In these careers — elevation for this film

Halle Berry19,952 ftBilly Bob Thornton19,914 ftHeath Ledger18,775 ftYasiin Bey18,060 ftPeter Boyle17,647 ft