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Persepolis

2007 · directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi · 95 min
24,021 feet · Prominence
795th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

$23m worldwide in 2007 — $36m in today's money.

As released$23mIn 2026 money$36mRank4,318 of 8,589In 2007119 of 245

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 93, awards 32. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics93 → 47Awards32 → 16

Oscars1 nominated Animated Feature
BAFTAs2 nominated Animated Film, Film Not in the English Language
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Landmark animated memoir, widely taught.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb8 from 103kWikipedia24k views a monthAge19 years

Scored beside it · 881 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 46 praise 94 legacy 48averages 63, which places it at24,021 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: Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian.