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Fight Club

1999 · directed by David Fincher · 139 min
26,170 feet · Prominence
220th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Fight Club’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw61

$101m worldwide in 1999 — $200m in today's money.

As released$101mIn 2026 money$200mRank1,648 of 8,589In 199938 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Critics 74, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 75.

Critics74 → 37Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Sound Editing
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.

Legacy86

Judged directly: Fight Club reviewed.

Verdict86 of 100IMDb8.8 from 2.6mWikipedia108k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 53 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 61 praise 75 legacy 86averages 74, which places it at26,170 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

Brad Pitt22,326 ft