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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998 · directed by Terry Gilliam · 118 min
22,527 feet · Prominence
1,502nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

$11m worldwide in 1998 — $22m in today's money.

As released$11mIn 2026 money$22mRank5,063 of 8,589In 1998107 of 165

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

Critics 46, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 45.

Critics46 → 23Awards0 → 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.

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 · 389 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 43 praise 45 legacy 65averages 51, which places it at22,527 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 Depp22,489 ft