Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966 · directed by Mike Nichols · 131 min

26,344 feet · Prominence

190th of 24,106 films scored

Not coveredThe 190th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $34m, re-releases included; about $344m in 2026 money.

Rank983 of 11,051In 19665 of 34

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards97 signal → +7 lift

Oscars4 won Actress, Supporting Actress, Black-and-White, Black and White8 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound

Golden Globes4 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay

BAFTAs2 won Film, Actress

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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? reviewed.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8 from 84kWikipedia18k views a monthAge60 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 238 of 4,039 films judged

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72Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

72Big (1988)

72Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

72Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

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 66 praise 93 legacy 72averages 77, placing it at26,344 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

▲ Richard Burton ▲ Elizabeth Taylor ▲ Sandy Dennis

In these careers — elevation for this film

Elizabeth Taylor20,564 ft Richard Burton20,564 ft George Segal19,405 ft Sandy Dennis19,193 ft