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Ransom

1996 · directed by Ron Howard · 121 min
23,136 feet · Prominence
1,203rd of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw73

$309m worldwide in 1996 — $651m in today's money.

As released$309mIn 2026 money$651mRank408 of 8,589In 19967 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.

Praise67

Critics 67, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 67.

Critics67 → 34Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: 'Give me back my son' survives.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb6.7 from 143kWikipedia23k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,491 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 73 praise 67 legacy 35averages 58, which places it at23,136 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

Mel Gibson22,851 ftRene Russo21,866 ftGary Sinise21,743 ft