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Memento

2000 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 113 min
25,954 feet · Prominence
257th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Memento’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw52

$40m worldwide in 2000 — $77m in today's money.

As released$40mIn 2026 money$77mRank3,093 of 8,589In 200074 of 172

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Critics 89, awards 16. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics89 → 44Awards16 → 8

Oscars2 nominated Original Screenplay, Film Editing
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

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 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 52 praise 89 legacy 78averages 73, which places it at25,954 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: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior.