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Despicable Me

2010 · directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud · 95 min
26,059 feet · Prominence
237th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 237th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw76

Lifetime worldwide gross $543m, re-releases included; about $822m in 2026 money.

Rank282 of 11,051In 20109 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy74

Judged directly: Minions became global cultural phenomenon.

Verdict74 of 100IMDb7.6 from 628kWikipedia33k views a monthAge16 years

Scored beside it · 219 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 76 praise 76 legacy 74averages 75, placing it at26,059 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

▲ Steve Carell▲ Miranda Cosgrove

In these careers — elevation for this film

Steve Carell20,371 ftJason Segel18,832 ftRussell Brand18,475 ftPierre Coffin18,296 ftMiranda Cosgrove18,240 ftWill Arnett18,145 ftJulie Andrews18,132 ftKristen Wiig18,101 ftDanny McBride17,666 ftJemaine Clement17,648 ftJack McBrayer17,639 ft