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The Machinist

2004 · directed by Brad Anderson · 102 min
21,818 feet · Prominence
1,770th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

$8m worldwide in 2004 — $14m in today's money.

As released$8mIn 2026 money$14mRank5,553 of 8,589In 2004147 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.

Praise69

Critics 69, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 69.

Critics69 → 35Awards0 → 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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Bale's transformation is a permanent reference.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.6 from 440kWikipedia37k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 1,305 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 40 praise 69 legacy 40averages 50, which places it at21,818 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

Christian Bale22,217 ft