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Cold Mountain

2003 · directed by Anthony Minghella · 154 min
23,420 feet · Prominence
1,056th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw65

$173m worldwide in 2003 — $310m in today's money.

As released$173mIn 2026 money$310mRank1,074 of 8,589In 200330 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Critics 71, awards 65. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics71 → 36Awards65 → 33

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress4 nominated Actor, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress
BAFTAs1 won 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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Prestige epic, culturally forgotten.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.2 from 163kWikipedia45k views a monthAge23 years

Scored beside it · 1,473 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 65 praise 80 legacy 35averages 60, which places it at23,420 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

Nicole Kidman22,605 ftRenee Zellweger22,598 ftNatalie Portman21,665 ftPhilip Seymour Hoffman21,658 ft