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Promising Young Woman

2020 · directed by Emerald Fennell · 114 min
24,454 feet · Prominence
680th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

Lifetime worldwide gross $20m, re-releases included; about $26m in 2026 money.

Rank5,504 of 11,051In 202036 of 187

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards83 signal → +8 lift

Oscars1 won Original Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Director, Actress, Film Editing
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Screenplay2 nominated Best Picture, 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: 95th pct; MeToo-era landmark, contested ending.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.5 from 249kWikipedia129k views a monthAge6 years

Scored beside it · 671 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 44 praise 89 legacy 58averages 64, placing it at24,454 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

▲ Bo Burnham

In these careers — elevation for this film

Carey Mulligan19,962 ftBo Burnham18,250 ftAlison Brie18,061 ftMolly Shannon17,964 ftClancy Brown17,909 ftAlfred Molina17,654 ftAdam Brody17,650 ftChristopher Mintz-Plasse17,643 ftConnie Britton17,632 ft