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Ghost World

2001 · directed by Terry Zwigoff · 111 min
23,812 feet · Prominence
880th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

$9m worldwide in 2001 — $16m in today's money.

As released$9mIn 2026 money$16mRank5,400 of 8,589In 2001131 of 189

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Critics 92, awards 18. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics92 → 46Awards18 → 9

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

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 · 822 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 41 praise 92 legacy 50averages 61, which places it at23,812 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

Scarlett Johansson22,034 ft