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Se7en

1995 · directed by David Fincher · 127 min
26,611 feet · Prominence
148th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw74

Lifetime worldwide gross $327m, re-releases included; about $709m in 2026 money.

Rank357 of 11,051In 19957 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Film Editing
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.

Legacy83

Judged directly: 'What's in the box' permanently iconic.

Verdict83 of 100IMDb8.6 from 2.0mWikipedia118k views a monthAge31 years

Scored beside it · 85 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 74 praise 75 legacy 83averages 77, placing it at26,611 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

▲ Morgan Freeman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Morgan Freeman20,728 ftBrad Pitt20,537 ftGwyneth Paltrow18,754 ftJohn Cassini17,741 ftKevin Spacey17,676 ftCharles S. Dutton17,660 ftRichard Roundtree17,647 ftMark Boone Junior17,639 ft