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The Disaster Artist

2017 · directed by James Franco · 104 min
22,937 feet · Prominence
1,440th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $30m, re-releases included; about $40m in 2026 money.

Rank4,693 of 11,051In 2017109 of 325

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards41 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Lead acting1 nominated Best Picture
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Meta curiosity riding another film's cult.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.3 from 170kWikipedia29k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 1,761 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 47 praise 87 legacy 40averages 58, placing it at22,937 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

▲ Dave Franco

In these careers — elevation for this film

James Franco19,845 ftDave Franco19,105 ftSeth Rogen18,525 ftAlison Brie18,082 ftJacki Weaver17,940 ftZac Efron17,853 ftBryan Cranston17,651 ftKristen Bell17,651 ftSharon Stone17,650 ftJosh Hutcherson17,649 ftMelanie Griffith17,649 ftDanny McBride17,647 ftZach Braff17,646 ftAdam Scott17,645 ftBob Odenkirk17,644 ftZoey Deutch17,642 ftChristopher Mintz-Plasse17,641 ftKeegan-Michael Key17,639 ftLizzy Caplan17,637 ftJason Mitchell17,636 ft