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Knives Out

2019 · directed by Rian Johnson · 131 min
25,769 feet · Prominence
292nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

$313m worldwide in 2019 — $404m in today's money.

As released$313mIn 2026 money$404mRank802 of 8,589In 201925 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Critics 90, awards 21. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics90 → 45Awards21 → 11

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Knives Out reviewed.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.9 from 875kWikipedia214k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 412 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 68 praise 91 legacy 62averages 74, which places it at25,769 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

Chris Evans21,915 ft