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Casino

1995 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 179 min
26,343 feet · Prominence
191st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw63

Lifetime worldwide gross $116m, re-releases included; about $251m in 2026 money.

Rank1,374 of 11,051In 199527 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards43 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 nominated Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actress1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy80

Judged directly: Scorsese classic, endlessly quoted crime epic.

Verdict80 of 100IMDb8.2 from 614kWikipedia83k views a monthAge31 years

Scored beside it · 129 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 63 praise 81 legacy 80averages 75, placing it at26,343 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

▲ Sharon Stone

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sharon Stone20,517 ftJoe Pesci20,309 ftRobert De Niro19,803 ftJames Woods18,572 ftDon Rickles18,057 ftKevin Pollak17,980 ftFrank Vincent17,630 ft