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Nightmare Alley

2021 · directed by Guillermo del Toro · 151 min
22,233 feet · Prominence
1,607th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

$40m worldwide in 2021 — $48m in today's money.

As released$40mIn 2026 money$48mRank3,849 of 8,589In 202146 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.

Praise79

Critics 75, awards 33. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics75 → 38Awards33 → 16

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design
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: Criterion; del Toro noir, small audience.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7 from 177kWikipedia41k views a monthAge5 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,731 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 48 praise 79 legacy 32averages 53, which places it at22,233 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

Bradley Cooper22,403 ftCate Blanchett21,872 ftWillem Dafoe21,680 ft