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Eastern Promises

2007 · directed by David Cronenberg · 100 min · R
23,276 feet · Prominence
1,241st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $56m, re-releases included; about $89m in 2026 money.

Rank3,156 of 11,051In 200793 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards44 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 nominated Actor
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Bathhouse fight endlessly discussed.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.6 from 274kWikipedia30k views a monthAge19 years

Scored beside it · 1,744 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 53 praise 89 legacy 40averages 61, placing it at23,276 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

Viggo Mortensen19,970 ftVincent Cassel19,105 ftNaomi Watts18,909 ftArmin Mueller-Stahl18,557 ftTatiana Maslany17,639 ft