
$172m worldwide in 2006 — $281m in today's money.
As released$172mIn 2026 money$281mRank1,188 of 8,589In 200626 of 215
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 64, awards 46. Half each, so Praise lands at 72.
Critics64 → 32Awards46 → 23
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.
Judged directly: 'Blood diamond' entered vocabulary.
Verdict58 of 100IMDb8 from 625kWikipedia1k views a monthAge20 years
If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.
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.
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.