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The Big Short

2015 · directed by Adam McKay · 131 min
25,119 feet · Prominence
456th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

$133m worldwide in 2015 — $186m in today's money.

As released$133mIn 2026 money$186mRank1,753 of 8,589In 201546 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.

Praise90

Critics 85, awards 63. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics85 → 43Awards63 → 31

Oscars1 won Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Film 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Clever finance film, respected.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.8 from 533kWikipedia102k views a monthAge11 years

Scored beside it · 548 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 60 praise 90 legacy 58averages 69, which places it at25,119 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

Christian Bale22,330 ftRyan Gosling22,105 ftBrad Pitt22,007 ft