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Blue Valentine

2010 · directed by Derek Cianfrance · 112 min
22,315 feet · Prominence
1,583rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

$15m worldwide in 2010 — $23m in today's money.

As released$15mIn 2026 money$23mRank4,953 of 8,589In 2010129 of 235

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 84, awards 20. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics84 → 42Awards20 → 10

Oscars1 nominated Actress
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Raw indie romance, admired, small.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.3 from 223kWikipedia52k views a monthAge16 years

Scored beside it · 1,726 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 43 praise 86 legacy 32averages 54, which places it at22,315 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

Ryan Gosling22,286 ft