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Scream 2

1997 · directed by Wes Craven · 120 min
22,727 feet · Prominence
1,616th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw67

Lifetime worldwide gross $172m, re-releases included; about $354m in 2026 money.

Rank943 of 11,051In 199721 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise73

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Respectable sequel to a landmark.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.3 from 231kWikipedia47k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 1,898 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 67 praise 73 legacy 38averages 59, placing it at22,727 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Neve Campbell▲ Courteney Cox

In these careers — elevation for this film

Neve Campbell19,198 ftCourteney Cox18,697 ftDavid Arquette18,650 ftTimothy Olyphant18,403 ftLaurie Metcalf18,320 ftJerry O'Connell18,181 ftOmar Epps17,656 ftSarah Michelle Gellar17,654 ftJada Pinkett Smith17,653 ftLiev Schreiber17,653 ftDavid Warner17,651 ftLuke Wilson17,651 ftMatthew Lillard17,650 ftHeather Graham17,649 ftSelma Blair17,648 ftJoshua Jackson17,640 ft