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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004 · directed by Michel Gondry · 108 min
26,282 feet · Prominence
202nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 202nd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw56

$72m worldwide in 2004 — $126m in today's money.

As released$72mIn 2026 money$126mRank2,310 of 8,589In 200462 of 209

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Critics 91, awards 42. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics91 → 46Awards42 → 21

Oscars1 won Original Screenplay1 nominated Actress
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Cult classic, memory-erasing concept endures.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.3 from 1.2mWikipedia99k views a monthAge22 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 155 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 56 praise 93 legacy 78averages 76, which places it at26,282 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

Kate Winslet22,769 ftJim Carrey22,606 ft