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Ghost World

2001 · directed by Terry Zwigoff · 111 min
23,891 feet · Prominence
927th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

Lifetime worldwide gross $9m, re-releases included; about $16m in 2026 money.

Rank6,283 of 11,051In 2001148 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.

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards26 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, Supporting Actor
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Indie-outsider touchstone, growing cult reappraisal.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.3 from 131kWikipedia20k views a monthAge25 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,053 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 41 praise 93 legacy 50averages 61, placing it at23,891 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

▲ Thora Birch▲ Steve Buscemi

In these careers — elevation for this film

Thora Birch19,838 ftSteve Buscemi19,707 ftScarlett Johansson18,978 ftBrad Renfro18,100 ftBob Balaban17,957 ftTeri Garr17,645 ftWill Forte17,640 ftDiane Salinger17,625 ft