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Sicario

2015 · directed by Denis Villeneuve · 122 min
24,185 feet · Prominence
739th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw56

$85m worldwide in 2015 — $118m in today's money.

As released$85mIn 2026 money$118mRank2,430 of 8,589In 201565 of 227

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Critics 87, awards 14. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics87 → 43Awards14 → 7

Oscars3 nominated Cinematography, Original Score, Sound Editing
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Border-thriller benchmark, Deakins tunnel sequence.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.7 from 528kWikipedia130k views a monthAge11 years

Scored beside it · 874 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 56 praise 87 legacy 48averages 64, which places it at24,185 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: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber.