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Training Day

2001 · directed by Antoine Fuqua · 122 min
25,352 feet · Prominence
396th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $105m, re-releases included; about $195m in 2026 money.

Rank1,768 of 11,051In 200140 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 baseAwards56 signal → +8 lift

Oscars1 won Actor1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Denzel iconic, King Kong line.

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

Scored beside it · 365 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 61 praise 80 legacy 68averages 70, placing it at25,352 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

▲ Ethan Hawke

In these careers — elevation for this film

Denzel Washington20,371 ftEthan Hawke20,371 ftScott Glenn18,058 ftTom Berenger17,991 ftCliff Curtis17,936 ftRaymond J. Barry17,814 ftEva Mendes17,653 ftPeter Greene17,648 ft