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8 Mile

2002 · directed by Curtis Hanson · 111 min
25,200 feet · Prominence
440th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $243m, re-releases included; about $446m in 2026 money.

Rank728 of 11,051In 200218 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Lose Yourself and mom's spaghetti, immortal.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.2 from 347kWikipedia42k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 420 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 69 praise 77 legacy 65averages 70, placing it at25,200 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

▲ Eminem

In these careers — elevation for this film

Eminem18,813 ftKim Basinger18,720 ftMekhi Phifer18,625 ftBrittany Murphy18,562 ftMichael Shannon17,664 ftAnthony Mackie17,661 ft