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Argo

2012 · directed by Ben Affleck · 120 min
25,634 feet · Prominence
321st of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw66

$232m worldwide in 2012 — $334m in today's money.

As released$232mIn 2026 money$334mRank987 of 8,589In 201234 of 244

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Critics 91, awards 88. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics91 → 46Awards88 → 44

Oscars3 won Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing4 nominated Supporting Actor, Original Score, Sound, Sound Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting Actor
BAFTAs2 won Film, Direction1 nominated 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Best Picture, faded from conversation.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.7 from 666kWikipedia71k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 520 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 66 praise 95 legacy 58averages 73, which places it at25,634 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

Ben Affleck22,578 ftGeorge Clooney21,635 ft