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Casino Royale

2006 · directed by Martin Campbell · 144 min
25,803 feet · Prominence
279th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $599m, re-releases included; about $981m in 2026 money.

Rank200 of 11,051In 20064 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards29 signal → +2 lift

BAFTAs1 won Sound3 nominated Actor, Screenplay, Craft and other
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy62

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

Verdict62 of 100IMDb8 from 740kWikipedia109k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 453 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 78 praise 89 legacy 62averages 76, placing it at25,803 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

▲ Daniel Craig

In these careers — elevation for this film

Daniel Craig19,953 ftEva Green19,829 ftMads Mikkelsen19,394 ftJudi Dench18,857 ftJeffrey Wright18,190 ftSimon Abkarian17,831 ft