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National Treasure

2004 · directed by Jon Turteltaub · 131 min
22,902 feet · Prominence
1,456th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $348m, re-releases included; about $607m in 2026 money.

Rank462 of 11,051In 200411 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise44

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics44 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Cage meme staple, Declaration heist quoted.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb6.9 from 374kWikipedia38k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 867 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 73 praise 44 legacy 55averages 57, placing it at22,902 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Nicolas Cage20,044 ftDiane Kruger18,633 ftJustin Bartha18,527 ftSean Bean18,480 ftJon Voight18,360 ftHarvey Keitel18,228 ftChristopher Plummer17,904 ft