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2004 · directed by Matthew Vaughn · 105 min
22,701 feet · Prominence
1,660th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw42

Lifetime worldwide gross $12m, re-releases included; about $21m in 2026 money.

Rank5,917 of 11,051In 2004154 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Craig's launchpad, durable British crime favorite.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.2 from 207kWikipedia28k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 1,448 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 42 praise 77 legacy 45averages 55, placing it at22,701 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

Daniel Craig19,330 ftColm Meaney18,264 ftTom Hardy18,134 ftSienna Miller18,053 ftSally Hawkins17,806 ftBen Whishaw17,649 ftMichael Gambon17,644 ftJason Flemyng17,631 ft