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The Game

1997 · directed by David Fincher · 129 min
23,033 feet · Prominence
1,392nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $109m, re-releases included; about $225m in 2026 money.

Rank1,545 of 11,051In 199740 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Criterion; Fincher puzzle with cult following.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.7 from 466kWikipedia44k views a monthAge29 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,421 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 62 praise 70 legacy 45averages 59, placing it at23,033 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

▲ Deborah Kara Unger▲ James Rebhorn

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Douglas19,702 ftSean Penn18,988 ftDeborah Kara Unger18,460 ftArmin Mueller-Stahl18,107 ftJames Rebhorn18,083 ftLinda Manz17,638 ftJack Kehoe17,633 ftMark Boone Junior17,631 ftJohn Cassini17,627 ft