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The Grudge

2004 · directed by Takashi Shimizu · 92 min
21,552 feet · Prominence
1,860th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw66

$183m worldwide in 2004 — $321m in today's money.

As released$183mIn 2026 money$321mRank1,038 of 8,589In 200426 of 209

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

Critics45 → 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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: J-horror remake, the croak endures.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb5.9 from 156kWikipedia29k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 1,564 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 66 praise 45 legacy 35averages 49, which places it at21,552 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki.