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Training Day

2001 · directed by Antoine Fuqua · 122 min
25,306 feet · Prominence
399th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'Training Day' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Shea Serrano

How this film scores

Draw61

$105m worldwide in 2001 — $195m in today's money.

As released$105mIn 2026 money$195mRank1,686 of 8,589In 200139 of 189

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise79

Critics 73, awards 50. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics73 → 36Awards50 → 25

Oscars1 won Actor1 nominated Supporting Actor
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Denzel iconic, King Kong line.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.8 from 516kWikipedia70k views a monthAge25 years

Scored beside it · 333 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 61 praise 79 legacy 68averages 69, which places it at25,306 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

Denzel Washington

In these careers — elevation for this film

Denzel Washington22,858 ft