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Ed Wood

1994 · directed by Tim Burton · 127 min
23,383 feet · Prominence
1,185th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $6m, re-releases included; about $13m in 2026 money.

Rank6,614 of 11,051In 1994122 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards61 signal → +6 lift

Oscars2 won Supporting Actor, Makeup and Hairstyling
Golden Globes1 won Supporting acting2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Supporting acting
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Beloved Burton cult, Landau's Lugosi.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.8 from 189kWikipedia24k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 1,194 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 39 praise 87 legacy 48averages 58, placing it at23,383 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Martin Landau

In these careers — elevation for this film

Johnny Depp19,755 ftMartin Landau19,755 ftSarah Jessica Parker18,299 ftBill Murray18,273 ftPatricia Arquette18,214 ftJeffrey Jones18,047 ftVincent D'Onofrio17,805 ftMax Casella17,628 ft