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Persepolis

2007 · directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi · 95 min
23,964 feet · Prominence
896th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

Lifetime worldwide gross $23m, re-releases included; about $36m in 2026 money.

Rank4,893 of 11,051In 2007137 of 320

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.

Critics93 baseAwards32 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Animated Feature
BAFTAs2 nominated Animated Film, Film Not in the English Language
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Landmark animated memoir, widely taught.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb8 from 103kWikipedia24k views a monthAge19 years

Scored beside it · 1,154 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 46 praise 94 legacy 48averages 63, placing it at23,964 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

▲ Simon Abkarian▲ Danielle Darrieux

In these careers — elevation for this film

Chiara Mastroianni19,104 ftCatherine Deneuve18,685 ftDanielle Darrieux18,287 ftSimon Abkarian18,039 ft