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The Devil Wears Prada

2006 · directed by David Frankel · 109 min
26,166 feet · Prominence
223rd of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'The Devil Wears Prada' With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

How this film scores

Draw71

$327m worldwide in 2006 — $535m in today's money.

As released$327mIn 2026 money$535mRank539 of 8,589In 200612 of 215

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Critics 69, awards 43. Half each, so Praise lands at 75.

Critics69 → 34Awards43 → 21

Oscars2 nominated Actress, Costume Design
Golden Globes1 won Actress
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Endlessly quoted, meme-worthy fashion classic.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7 from 545kWikipedia254k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 159 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 71 praise 75 legacy 78averages 75, which places it at26,166 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

Meryl Streep22,923 ftAnne Hathaway22,206 ft