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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 · directed by Wes Anderson · 119 min
23,603 feet · Prominence
1,078th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

Lifetime worldwide gross $35m, re-releases included; about $61m in 2026 money.

Rank3,860 of 11,051In 2004101 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise68

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics68 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Criterion Wes Anderson cult, red beanies.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.2 from 221kWikipedia27k views a monthAge22 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 698 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 50 praise 68 legacy 58averages 59, placing it at23,603 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

Bill Murray20,006 ftOwen Wilson18,905 ftCate Blanchett18,763 ftWillem Dafoe18,641 ftAnjelica Huston18,325 ftJeff Goldblum18,243 ftMichael Gambon17,983 ftNoah Taylor17,900 ftSeymour Cassel17,635 ftEric Chase Anderson17,622 ft