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Out of Sight

1998 · directed by Steven Soderbergh · 123 min
23,655 feet · Prominence
1,043rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $78m, re-releases included; about $157m in 2026 money.

Rank2,094 of 11,051In 199844 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards16 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Soderbergh cool, trunk scene admired.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7 from 104kWikipedia21k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,556 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 90 legacy 42averages 63, placing it at23,655 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.

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