The Shape of Water

2017 · directed by Guillermo del Toro · 123 min

24,669 feet · Prominence

576th of 15,261 films scored

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How this film scores

Draw63

$195m worldwide in 2017 — $263m in today's money.

As released$195mIn 2026 money$263mRank1,272 of 8,589In 201741 of 237

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

Critics 90, awards 95. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics90 → 45Awards95 → 47

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Production Design, Original Score9 nominated Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing

Golden Globes1 won Director

BAFTAs1 won Direction

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Best Picture, culturally quiet already.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.3 from 473kWikipedia0k views a monthAge9 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 944 of 3,430 films judged

45Shakespeare in Love (1998)

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45Ordinary People (1980)

45Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

45The Shape of Water (2017)

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 63 praise 94 legacy 45averages 67, which places it at24,669 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer.