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A Christmas Carol

2009 · directed by Robert Zemeckis · 96 min
21,504 feet · Prominence
1,871st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

$325m worldwide in 2009 — $500m in today's money.

As released$325mIn 2026 money$500mRank602 of 8,589In 200918 of 222

How Draw works

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

Praise54

Critics 54, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 54.

Critics54 → 27Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy25

Judged directly: Motion-capture Dickens, no lasting presence.

Verdict25 of 100IMDb6.8 from 137kWikipedia28k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 2,259 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 70 praise 54 legacy 25averages 50, which places it at21,504 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

Jim Carrey22,077 ftGary Oldman21,777 ft