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The Founder

2016 · directed by John Lee Hancock · 115 min
22,630 feet · Prominence
1,775th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

Lifetime worldwide gross $24m, re-releases included; about $33m in 2026 money.

Rank5,065 of 11,051In 2016132 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.

Praise73

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Widely cited business parable, modest cinematically.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.2 from 203kWikipedia45k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,455 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 46 praise 73 legacy 45averages 55, placing it at22,630 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

▲ Nick Offerman▲ John Carroll Lynch

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Keaton19,825 ftNick Offerman18,470 ftJohn Carroll Lynch18,324 ftLinda Cardellini18,146 ftLaura Dern18,079 ftPatrick Wilson17,641 ft