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Beauty and the Beast

2017 · directed by Bill Condon · 129 min
24,310 feet · Prominence
736th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw86

Lifetime worldwide gross $1.27bn, re-releases included; about $1.70bn in 2026 money.

Rank36 of 11,051In 20172 of 325

How Draw works

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

Praise71

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics68 baseAwards20 signal → +3 lift

Oscars2 nominated Costume Design, Production Design
Golden Globes2 won Original Score, Original Song
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: 67th pct; billion gross, culturally inert remake.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.1 from 357kWikipedia0k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 1,021 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 86 praise 71 legacy 50averages 69, placing it at24,310 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

▲ Emma Watson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Emma Watson19,934 ftDan Stevens19,332 ftLuke Evans18,823 ftJosh Gad18,579 ftEwan McGregor18,505 ftEmma Thompson18,308 ftKevin Kline18,277 ftIan McKellen17,669 ftStanley Tucci17,665 ftGugu Mbatha-Raw17,659 ftSonoya Mizuno17,638 ft