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Whiplash

2014 · directed by Damien Chazelle · 107 min
25,167 feet · Prominence
441st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Whiplash’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw51

$50m worldwide in 2014 — $70m in today's money.

As released$50mIn 2026 money$70mRank3,231 of 8,589In 201489 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.

Praise94

Critics 92, awards 68. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics92 → 46Awards68 → 34

Oscars3 won Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Sound2 nominated Picture, Adapted Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Actor
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Not quite my tempo, endlessly clipped.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb8.5 from 1.1mWikipedia103k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 430 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 51 praise 94 legacy 62averages 69, which places it at25,167 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. Top billing: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist.