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Catch Me If You Can

2002 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 141 min
26,216 feet · Prominence
209th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Catch Me If You Can’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw73

$352m worldwide in 2002 — $646m in today's money.

As released$352mIn 2026 money$646mRank414 of 8,589In 200211 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.

Praise88

Critics 86, awards 30. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics86 → 43Awards30 → 15

Oscars2 nominated Supporting Actor, Original Score
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Charming, well-liked, moderate endurance.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb8.1 from 1.2mWikipedia112k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 310 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 73 praise 88 legacy 68averages 76, which places it at26,216 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

Leonardo DiCaprio23,412 ftTom Hanks22,987 ftAmy Adams21,752 ft