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2003 · directed by Bryan Singer · 133 min
24,845 feet · Prominence
540th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $408m, re-releases included; about $731m in 2026 money.

Rank338 of 11,051In 20039 of 227

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Beloved X-Men entry, genre influence.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.4 from 611kWikipedia33k views a monthAge23 years

Scored beside it · 642 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 75 praise 77 legacy 58averages 70, placing it at24,845 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

▲ Brian Cox

In these careers — elevation for this film

Hugh Jackman20,434 ftIan McKellen19,441 ftPatrick Stewart18,964 ftBrian Cox18,950 ftFamke Janssen18,646 ftJames Marsden18,391 ftHalle Berry18,364 ftAnna Paquin17,661 ftBruce Davison17,652 ft