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Pleasantville

1998 · directed by Gary Ross · 124 min
22,817 feet · Prominence
1,519th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw54

Lifetime worldwide gross $50m, re-releases included; about $101m in 2026 money.

Rank2,917 of 11,051In 199860 of 198

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards14 signal → +2 lift

Oscars3 nominated Costume Design, Production Design, Original Dramatic Score
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Color-into-monochrome concept still referenced.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.5 from 143kWikipedia27k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,772 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 54 praise 80 legacy 40averages 58, placing it at22,817 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

Tobey Maguire19,541 ftJoan Allen18,987 ftReese Witherspoon18,834 ftWilliam H. Macy18,650 ftJeff Daniels18,579 ftJ.T. Walsh18,313 ftPaul Walker17,869 ft