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Capote

2005 · directed by Bennett Miller · 114 min
23,509 feet · Prominence
1,126th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $49m, re-releases included; about $83m in 2026 money.

Rank3,276 of 11,051In 200596 of 266

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards89 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Actor4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Actor
BAFTAs1 won Actor4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Actress, Adapted Screenplay
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: Hoffman's Oscar, film culturally quiet.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.3 from 148kWikipedia19k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 1,731 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 53 praise 94 legacy 40averages 62, placing it at23,509 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

▲ Philip Seymour Hoffman▲ Clifton Collins Jr.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Philip Seymour Hoffman19,987 ftCatherine Keener19,440 ftClifton Collins Jr.18,519 ftBruce Greenwood18,092 ftBob Balaban17,885 ftAmy Ryan17,820 ftChris Cooper17,654 ft