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The Descendants

2011 · directed by Alexander Payne · 115 min
23,865 feet · Prominence
853rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw63

$177m worldwide in 2011 — $260m in today's money.

As released$177mIn 2026 money$260mRank1,286 of 8,589In 201138 of 242

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Critics 86, awards 80. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics86 → 43Awards80 → 40

Oscars1 won Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Actor1 nominated Supporting Actress
BAFTAs2 nominated Film, Adapted Screenplay
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Well regarded, now faded.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.3 from 259kWikipedia43k views a monthAge15 years

Scored beside it · 1,458 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 63 praise 91 legacy 35averages 63, which places it at23,865 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

George Clooney22,620 ft