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Philomena

2013 · directed by Stephen Frears · 98 min
23,092 feet · Prominence
1,220th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

$100m worldwide in 2013 — $142m in today's money.

As released$100mIn 2026 money$142mRank2,137 of 8,589In 201365 of 251

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Critics 84, awards 48. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics84 → 42Awards48 → 24

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
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.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Dench vehicle, culturally quiet.

Verdict30 of 100IMDb7.6 from 106kWikipedia13k views a monthAge13 years

Scored beside it · 1,840 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 58 praise 88 legacy 30averages 59, which places it at23,092 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

Judi Dench

In these careers — elevation for this film

Judi Dench21,996 ft