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The Fifth Element

1997 · directed by Luc Besson · 126 min
24,399 feet · Prominence
701st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $264m, re-releases included; about $543m in 2026 money.

Rank538 of 11,051In 19979 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise63

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics61 baseAwards11 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Sound Editing
BAFTAs1 won Special Visual Effects
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Permanent cult, Leeloo and Gaultier costumes.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.6 from 540kWikipedia76k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 515 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 71 praise 63 legacy 62averages 65, placing it at24,399 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

Milla Jovovich19,740 ftBruce Willis19,619 ftGary Oldman19,263 ftChris Tucker18,929 ftIan Holm18,482 ftMathieu Kassovitz17,649 ftLee Evans17,645 ftJohn Bennett17,625 ft