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Erin Brockovich

2000 · directed by Steven Soderbergh · 131 min
25,545 feet · Prominence
341st of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

$256m worldwide in 2000 — $491m in today's money.

As released$256mIn 2026 money$491mRank622 of 8,589In 200013 of 172

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Critics 80, awards 90. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics80 → 40Awards90 → 45

Oscars1 won Actress4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Actress2 nominated Director, Supporting Actor
BAFTAs1 won Actress3 nominated Direction, Actor, Editing
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: Oscar-winning role, moderately remembered.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.5 from 244kWikipedia67k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 525 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 70 praise 89 legacy 58averages 72, which places it at25,545 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

Julia Roberts22,899 ft