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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998 · directed by Terry Gilliam · 118 min
22,832 feet · Prominence
1,511st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $11m, re-releases included; about $22m in 2026 money.

Rank5,837 of 11,051In 1998117 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise45

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics46 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Criterion, huge cult, Depp's Duke iconic.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.5 from 316kWikipedia44k views a monthAge28 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 442 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 43 praise 45 legacy 65averages 51, placing it at22,832 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

Johnny Depp19,798 ftBenicio del Toro19,498 ftTerry Gilliam18,175 ftTobey Maguire17,857 ftKatherine Helmond17,664 ftHarry Dean Stanton17,649 ftChristina Ricci17,648 ftEllen Barkin17,647 ftGary Busey17,645 ftCameron Diaz17,644 ftDebbie Reynolds17,635 ftChristopher Meloni17,631 ftVerne Troyer17,628 ft