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Idiocracy

2006 · directed by Mike Judge · 85 min
23,653 feet · Prominence
1,047th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw25

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $1m in 2026 money.

Rank9,435 of 11,051In 2006260 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise69

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Flopped, became everyday cultural shorthand.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb6.5 from 213kWikipedia92k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 383 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 25 praise 69 legacy 68averages 54, placing it at23,653 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

Luke Wilson18,876 ftDax Shepard18,341 ftMaya Rudolph18,224 ftJustin Long17,640 ftThomas Haden Church17,635 ftTom Kenny17,632 ft