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Hail, Caesar!

2016 · directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen · 106 min
23,469 feet · Prominence
1,146th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $64m, re-releases included; about $88m in 2026 money.

Rank3,198 of 11,051In 201698 of 335

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.

Critics79 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Production Design
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: 29th pct; minor Coens, one quoted line.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.3 from 149kWikipedia32k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,189 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 53 praise 80 legacy 48averages 60, placing it at23,469 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

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