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The Believer

2001 · directed by Henry Bean · 98 min
22,724 feet · Prominence
1,625th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw30

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $2m in 2026 money.

Rank8,601 of 11,051In 2001188 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy49

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb7.1 from 42kWikipedia16k views a monthAge25 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 30 praise 78 legacy 49averages 52, placing it at22,724 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

Ryan Gosling19,525 ftBilly Zane18,220 ftTheresa Russell18,030 ftEbon Moss-Bachrach17,625 ft