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The Conjuring

2013 · directed by James Wan · 112 min · R
24,443 feet · Prominence
684th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $321m, re-releases included; about $455m in 2026 money.

Rank711 of 11,051In 201323 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Launched a horror universe, clap game.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.5 from 621kWikipedia172k views a monthAge13 years

Scored beside it · 784 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 69 praise 77 legacy 55averages 67, placing it at24,443 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

▲ Vera Farmiga

In these careers — elevation for this film

Vera Farmiga19,910 ftPatrick Wilson19,110 ftLili Taylor18,757 ftRon Livingston18,106 ft