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Million Dollar Baby

2004 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 132 min
25,394 feet · Prominence
378th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw67

Lifetime worldwide gross $217m, re-releases included; about $379m in 2026 money.

Rank884 of 11,051In 200420 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards96 signal → +6 lift

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor3 nominated Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes2 won Actress, Screenplay2 nominated Best Picture, Supporting acting
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Acclaimed, emotional, modest lasting footprint.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb8.1 from 765kWikipedia58k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 604 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 67 praise 94 legacy 58averages 73, placing it at25,394 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

▲ Hilary Swank

In these careers — elevation for this film

Clint Eastwood20,453 ftHilary Swank20,453 ftMorgan Freeman20,453 ftJay Baruchel17,869 ftAnthony Mackie17,846 ftMichael Peña17,658 ft