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2000 · directed by Steven Soderbergh · 147 min
25,455 feet · Prominence
359th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $208m, re-releases included; about $398m in 2026 money.

Rank835 of 11,051In 200021 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.

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards94 signal → +5 lift

Oscars4 won Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing1 nominated Picture
Golden Globes2 won Supporting Actor, Screenplay4 nominated Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Screenplay
BAFTAs2 won Supporting acting, Screenplay2 nominated Direction, Craft and other
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Oscar-winning, faded from active culture.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.5 from 228kWikipedia33k views a monthAge26 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 600 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 68 praise 94 legacy 58averages 73, placing it at25,455 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

▲ Benicio del Toro▲ Miguel Ferrer▲ Luis Guzmán

In these careers — elevation for this film

Benicio del Toro20,472 ftMichael Douglas19,784 ftCatherine Zeta-Jones19,127 ftDon Cheadle19,053 ftErika Christensen18,574 ftMiguel Ferrer18,305 ftLuis Guzmán18,297 ftViola Davis17,667 ftDennis Quaid17,665 ftAlbert Finney17,664 ftSalma Hayek Pinault17,662 ftTopher Grace17,660 ftJames Brolin17,657 ftBenjamin Bratt17,654 ftAmy Irving17,649 ftClifton Collins Jr.17,647 ftPeter Riegert17,647 ftSteven Bauer17,641 ft