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Million Dollar Baby

2004 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 132 min
25,620 feet · Prominence
324th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw67

$217m worldwide in 2004 — $379m in today's money.

As released$217mIn 2026 money$379mRank855 of 8,589In 200420 of 209

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

Critics 88, awards 94. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics88 → 44Awards94 → 47

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor3 nominated Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Acclaimed, emotional, modest lasting footprint.

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

Scored beside it · 521 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 67 praise 94 legacy 58averages 73, which places it at25,620 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

Clint Eastwood23,209 ftMorgan Freeman23,196 ft