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The Bourne Identity

2002 · directed by Doug Liman · 119 min
25,898 feet · Prominence
262nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $214m, re-releases included; about $393m in 2026 money.

Rank852 of 11,051In 200219 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.

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy75

Judged directly: Launched franchise, reshaped action spy genre.

Verdict75 of 100IMDb7.8 from 610kWikipedia53k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 200 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 68 praise 76 legacy 75averages 73, placing it at25,898 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Franka Potente

In these careers — elevation for this film

Matt Damon20,550 ftChris Cooper18,640 ftFranka Potente18,527 ftClive Owen18,246 ftBrian Cox18,205 ftJulia Stiles17,985 ftWalton Goggins17,655 ftJosh Hamilton17,651 ft