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The Mule

2018 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 116 min
22,603 feet · Prominence
1,814th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $175m, re-releases included; about $230m in 2026 money.

Rank1,514 of 11,051In 201843 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise64

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics64 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.

Legacy44

Judged directly: 31st pct; late Eastwood, low residue.

Verdict44 of 100IMDb7 from 168kWikipedia29k views a monthAge8 years

Scored beside it · 1,520 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 62 praise 64 legacy 44averages 57, placing it at22,603 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

Clint Eastwood20,077 ftBradley Cooper18,522 ftDianne Wiest18,372 ftLaurence Fishburne18,025 ftMichael Peña17,987 ftAndy Garcia17,952 ftTaissa Farmiga17,934 ftClifton Collins Jr.17,640 ft