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Scream

1996 · directed by Wes Craven · 112 min
25,846 feet · Prominence
275th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'Scream' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Shea Serrano, K. Austin Collins, and Jason Concepcion

How this film scores

Draw67

$173m worldwide in 1996 — $364m in today's money.

As released$173mIn 2026 money$364mRank889 of 8,589In 199613 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise72

Critics 72, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 72.

Critics72 → 36Awards0 → 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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Ghostface mask, meta-horror template, endlessly referenced.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.4 from 439kWikipedia107k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 166 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 67 praise 72 legacy 78averages 72, which places it at25,846 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: Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard.