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Casino Royale

2006 · directed by Martin Campbell · 144 min
26,100 feet · Prominence
229th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Casino Royale’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins

How this film scores

Draw78

$599m worldwide in 2006 — $981m in today's money.

As released$599mIn 2026 money$981mRank194 of 8,589In 20064 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.

Praise88

Critics 87, awards 16. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics87 → 44Awards16 → 8

BAFTAs1 won Sound1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Rebooted Bond, best-regarded modern entry.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb8 from 740kWikipedia109k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 403 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 78 praise 88 legacy 62averages 76, which places it at26,100 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

Judi Dench21,700 ft