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Judas and the Black Messiah

2021
22,344 feet · Prominence
1,568th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

$6m worldwide in 2021 — $8m in today's money.

As released$6mIn 2026 money$8mRank6,125 of 8,589In 202182 of 156

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Critics 90, awards 63. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics90 → 45Awards63 → 31

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor4 nominated Picture, Original Screenplay, Original Song, Cinematography
BAFTAs1 won 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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Kaluuya Oscar, historically weighty.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.4 from 114kWikipedia41k views a monthAge5 years

Scored beside it · 1,723 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 36 praise 93 legacy 32averages 54, which places it at22,344 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.