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2003 · directed by Park Chan-wook · 120 min
25,315 feet · Prominence
403rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $18m, re-releases included; about $31m in 2026 money.

Rank5,160 of 11,051In 2003129 of 227

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 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.

Legacy74

Judged directly: Hallway fight and octopus endlessly referenced.

Verdict74 of 100IMDb8.3 from 711kWikipedia100k views a monthAge23 years

Scored beside it · 222 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 45 praise 80 legacy 74averages 66, placing it at25,315 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

▲ Choi Min-sik▲ Yoo Ji-tae▲ Kim Byeong-ok

In these careers — elevation for this film

Choi Min-sik19,871 ftYoo Ji-tae18,872 ftKang Hye-jung18,361 ftKim Byeong-ok17,865 ft