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The Contender

2000 · directed by Rod Lurie · 126 min
21,627 feet · Prominence
1,832nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

$22m worldwide in 2000 — $43m in today's money.

As released$22mIn 2026 money$43mRank4,038 of 8,589In 200099 of 172

How Draw works

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

Praise74

Critics 68, awards 38. Half each, so Praise lands at 74.

Critics68 → 34Awards38 → 19

Oscars2 nominated Actress, Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 nominated Actress
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.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Forgotten political thriller.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb6.9 from 26kWikipedia7k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 2,080 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 74 legacy 28averages 50, which places it at21,627 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

Gary Oldman21,886 ftJeff Bridges21,808 ft