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Dogma

1999 · directed by Kevin Smith · 130 min
22,753 feet · Prominence
1,568th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $34m, re-releases included; about $66m in 2026 money.

Rank3,675 of 11,051In 199977 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise67

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics67 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Religious controversy plus durable Smith cult.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.3 from 239kWikipedia42k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 1,233 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 51 praise 67 legacy 48averages 55, placing it at22,753 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

▲ Linda Fiorentino

In these careers — elevation for this film

Matt Damon19,196 ftLinda Fiorentino18,903 ftBen Affleck18,837 ftAlan Rickman18,738 ftJason Mewes18,371 ftJason Lee18,288 ftChris Rock18,277 ftSalma Hayek Pinault18,120 ftGwyneth Paltrow17,655 ftBrian O'Halloran17,635 ftJeff Anderson17,633 ftGeorge Carlin17,630 ft