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Magnolia

1999 · directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 189 min
24,351 feet · Prominence
669th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Magnolia’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw54

$48m worldwide in 1999 — $96m in today's money.

As released$48mIn 2026 money$96mRank2,767 of 8,589In 199963 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise84

Critics 80, awards 35. Half each, so Praise lands at 84.

Critics80 → 40Awards35 → 18

Oscars2 nominated Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Sight and Sound entry, frogs endlessly cited.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb8 from 342kWikipedia100k views a monthAge27 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 655 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 54 praise 84 legacy 55averages 64, which places it at24,351 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

Tom Cruise22,357 ftJulianne Moore21,862 ftPhilip Seymour Hoffman21,753 ft