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2015 · directed by David O. Russell · 124 min
22,499 feet · Prominence
1,993rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw57

Lifetime worldwide gross $101m, re-releases included; about $141m in 2026 money.

Rank2,284 of 11,051In 201560 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise68

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics59 baseAwards47 signal → +10 lift

Oscars1 nominated Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actress1 nominated Best Picture
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: 47th pct; weakest Russell-Lawrence pairing.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.6 from 150kWikipedia32k views a monthAge11 years

Scored beside it · 1,655 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 57 praise 68 legacy 42averages 56, placing it at22,499 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

Jennifer Lawrence19,984 ftRobert De Niro18,774 ftBradley Cooper18,632 ftEdgar Ramírez18,312 ftIsabella Rossellini18,195 ftDiane Ladd18,117 ftVirginia Madsen18,064 ft