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A Beautiful Mind

2001 · directed by Ron Howard · 135 min
25,206 feet · Prominence
434th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $317m, re-releases included; about $590m in 2026 money.

Rank477 of 11,051In 200112 of 229

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 baseAwards98 signal → +13 lift

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Actor, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score
Golden Globes4 won Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Screenplay3 nominated Director, Screenplay, Original Score
BAFTAs2 won Actor, Actress3 nominated Film, Direction, Screenplay
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: Acclaimed hit, quietly fading now.

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

Scored beside it · 613 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 72 praise 86 legacy 58averages 72, placing it at25,206 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

▲ Jennifer Connelly▲ Ron Howard

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jennifer Connelly20,512 ftRussell Crowe20,512 ftRon Howard19,746 ftPaul Bettany18,985 ftEd Harris18,871 ftChristopher Plummer18,267 ftJosh Lucas18,081 ftBryce Dallas Howard17,661 ftJudd Hirsch17,647 ftJosh Pais17,635 ft