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2025 · directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans · 96 min
25,542 feet · Prominence
340th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

Lifetime worldwide gross $25m, re-releases included; about $25m in 2026 money.

Rank5,554 of 11,051In 202589 of 235

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 baseAwards63 signal → +5 lift

Oscars2 won Animated Feature, Original Song
Golden Globes2 won Animated Feature Film, Original Song
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: 984k/mo, Criterion; Golden was global #1.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.4 from 131kWikipedia0k views a monthAge1 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 261 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 44 praise 89 legacy 72averages 68, placing it at25,542 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

▲ Ji-young Yoo▲ Ahn Hyo-seop▲ Arden Cho▲ May Hong

In these careers — elevation for this film

Arden Cho18,523 ftJi-young Yoo18,511 ftAhn Hyo-seop18,281 ftMay Hong18,042 ft