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Gone Girl

2014 · directed by David Fincher · 149 min
26,017 feet · Prominence
242nd of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'Gone Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano, Mallory Rubin, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw71

$371m worldwide in 2014 — $517m in today's money.

As released$371mIn 2026 money$517mRank564 of 8,589In 201420 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Critics 84, awards 20. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics84 → 42Awards20 → 10

Oscars1 nominated Actress
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: Twisty thriller, cool girl monologue.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb8.1 from 1.2mWikipedia113k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 315 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 71 praise 85 legacy 68averages 75, which places it at26,017 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

Ben Affleck22,324 ftReese Witherspoon21,586 ft