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Blood Diamond

2006 · directed by Edward Zwick · 143 min
24,488 feet · Prominence
626th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Blood Diamond’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw64

$172m worldwide in 2006 — $281m in today's money.

As released$172mIn 2026 money$281mRank1,188 of 8,589In 200626 of 215

How Draw works

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

Praise72

Critics 64, awards 46. Half each, so Praise lands at 72.

Critics64 → 32Awards46 → 23

Oscars5 nominated Actor, Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: 'Blood diamond' entered vocabulary.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb8 from 625kWikipedia1k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 571 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 64 praise 72 legacy 58averages 65, which places it at24,488 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

Leonardo DiCaprio22,742 ft