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The Perfect Storm

2000 · directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 130 min
23,029 feet · Prominence
1,243rd of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw73

$329m worldwide in 2000 — $630m in today's money.

As released$329mIn 2026 money$630mRank427 of 8,589In 20008 of 172

How Draw works

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

Praise61

Critics 59, awards 10. Half each, so Praise lands at 61.

Critics59 → 30Awards10 → 5

Oscars2 nominated Visual Effects, Sound
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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: The phrase outlives the film.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.5 from 187kWikipedia39k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 1,373 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 73 praise 61 legacy 38averages 57, which places it at23,029 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

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