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Adaptation.

2002 · directed by Spike Jonze · 115 min
24,005 feet · Prominence
881st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

Lifetime worldwide gross $33m, re-releases included; about $60m in 2026 money.

Rank3,882 of 11,051In 2002103 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards86 signal → +6 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor3 nominated Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes2 won Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Screenplay2 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting
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: Meta-narrative touchstone for writers.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.7 from 213kWikipedia0k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 1,152 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 50 praise 92 legacy 48averages 63, placing it at24,005 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

▲ Chris Cooper

In these careers — elevation for this film

Chris Cooper20,008 ftNicolas Cage20,008 ftMeryl Streep19,775 ftTilda Swinton18,034 ftJohn Cusack17,657 ftJohn Malkovich17,657 ftCatherine Keener17,654 ftMaggie Gyllenhaal17,649 ftBrian Cox17,648 ftDoug Jones17,648 ftJudy Greer17,643 ftRon Livingston17,638 ftGary Farmer17,627 ft