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High Fidelity

2000
24,481 feet · Prominence
630th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘High Fidelity’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney

How this film scores

Draw54

$47m worldwide in 2000 — $90m in today's money.

As released$47mIn 2026 money$90mRank2,862 of 8,589In 200069 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.

Praise86

Critics 85, awards 16. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics85 → 43Awards16 → 8

Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
BAFTAs1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Top-five lists, Jack Black breakout, cult.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.4 from 197kWikipedia34k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 653 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 54 praise 86 legacy 55averages 65, which places it at24,481 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them.