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Lord of War

2005 · directed by Andrew Niccol · 122 min
22,172 feet · Prominence
1,635th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw56

$73m worldwide in 2005 — $123m in today's money.

As released$73mIn 2026 money$123mRank2,360 of 8,589In 200568 of 209

How Draw works

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

Praise62

Critics 62, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 62.

Critics62 → 31Awards0 → 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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Opening bullet sequence widely referenced.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.6 from 358kWikipedia0k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 1,408 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 56 praise 62 legacy 38averages 52, which places it at22,172 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

Nicolas Cage22,421 ft