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The Mummy

1999 · directed by Stephen Sommers · 124 min
24,296 feet · Prominence
741st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw76

Lifetime worldwide gross $416m, re-releases included; about $824m in 2026 money.

Rank279 of 11,051In 19996 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise58

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics56 baseAwards7 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Sound
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Enormous nostalgic afterlife, Fraser renaissance.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.1 from 496kWikipedia112k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 518 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 76 praise 58 legacy 62averages 65, placing it at24,296 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

▲ Brendan Fraser▲ John Hannah▲ Kevin J. O'Connor▲ Arnold Vosloo

In these careers — elevation for this film

Brendan Fraser20,396 ftRachel Weisz19,699 ftJohn Hannah18,524 ftKevin J. O'Connor18,177 ftArnold Vosloo18,128 ftOded Fehr17,862 ft