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The Dictator

2012 · directed by Larry Charles · 83 min
21,066 feet · Prominence
1,968th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw63

$179m worldwide in 2012 — $258m in today's money.

As released$179mIn 2026 money$258mRank1,292 of 8,589In 201242 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.

Praise57

Critics 57, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 57.

Critics57 → 29Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy22

Judged directly: Satire that dated immediately.

Verdict22 of 100IMDb6.5 from 363kWikipedia45k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 2,509 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 63 praise 57 legacy 22averages 47, which places it at21,066 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas.