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Blade

1998 · directed by Stephen Norrington · 121 min · R
23,084 feet · Prominence
1,360th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $131m, re-releases included; about $266m in 2026 money.

Rank1,305 of 11,051In 199828 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise53

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics53 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Blood rave; made Marvel films viable.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.1 from 328kWikipedia45k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 863 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 64 praise 53 legacy 55averages 57, placing it at23,084 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

▲ Wesley Snipes▲ Stephen Dorff

In these careers — elevation for this film

Wesley Snipes20,167 ftStephen Dorff18,942 ftKris Kristofferson18,766 ftUdo Kier18,017 ftSanaa Lathan17,652 ft