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Memento

2000 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 113 min
26,250 feet · Prominence
201st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $40m, re-releases included; about $77m in 2026 money.

Rank3,409 of 11,051In 200079 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards21 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Screenplay
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Reverse structure endlessly imitated and referenced.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.4 from 1.4mWikipedia92k views a monthAge26 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 163 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 52 praise 90 legacy 78averages 73, placing it at26,250 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

▲ Joe Pantoliano▲ Mark Boone Junior

In these careers — elevation for this film

Guy Pearce20,305 ftJoe Pantoliano19,192 ftCarrie-Anne Moss19,095 ftStephen Tobolowsky18,061 ftMark Boone Junior17,863 ft