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2000 · directed by Steven Soderbergh · 147 min
25,687 feet · Prominence
310th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw68

$208m worldwide in 2000 — $398m in today's money.

As released$208mIn 2026 money$398mRank814 of 8,589In 200021 of 172

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

Critics 90, awards 88. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics90 → 45Awards88 → 44

Oscars4 won Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing1 nominated Picture
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor2 nominated Director, Supporting Actress
BAFTAs1 nominated Direction
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.

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 · 518 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 68 praise 94 legacy 58averages 73, which places it at25,687 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

Michael Douglas22,116 ft