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The Ring

2002 · directed by Gore Verbinski · 115 min
24,607 feet · Prominence
596th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw69

$249m worldwide in 2002 — $457m in today's money.

As released$249mIn 2026 money$457mRank690 of 8,589In 200216 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.

Praise65

Critics 65, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 65.

Critics65 → 32Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Samara through the TV, permanent image.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.1 from 400kWikipedia63k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 448 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 69 praise 65 legacy 62averages 65, which places it at24,607 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox.