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A Beautiful Mind

2001 · directed by Ron Howard · 135 min
25,506 feet · Prominence
350th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

$317m worldwide in 2001 — $590m in today's money.

As released$317mIn 2026 money$590mRank472 of 8,589In 200112 of 189

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 73, awards 97. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics73 → 37Awards97 → 49

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Actor, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score
Golden Globes2 won Actor, Supporting Actress2 nominated Director, Original Score
BAFTAs2 won Actor, Actress2 nominated Film, Direction
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: Acclaimed hit, quietly fading now.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb8.2 from 1.1mWikipedia82k views a monthAge25 years

Scored beside it · 528 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 72 praise 86 legacy 58averages 72, which places it at25,506 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

Russell Crowe

In these careers — elevation for this film

Russell Crowe23,417 ft