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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004 · directed by Wes Anderson · 119 min
23,556 feet · Prominence
989th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

$35m worldwide in 2004 — $61m in today's money.

As released$35mIn 2026 money$61mRank3,469 of 8,589In 200489 of 209

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

Critics 68, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 68.

Critics68 → 34Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

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 · 594 of 3,430 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, which places it at23,556 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 Murray22,117 ftCate Blanchett21,753 ftWillem Dafoe21,638 ft