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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997 · directed by Jay Roach · 89 min
25,139 feet · Prominence
452nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw57

Lifetime worldwide gross $68m, re-releases included; about $139m in 2026 money.

Rank2,308 of 11,051In 199746 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise62

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics62 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Yeah baby; reshaped comedy and parody.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7 from 272kWikipedia35k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 180 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 57 praise 62 legacy 78averages 66, placing it at25,139 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

Mike Myers20,075 ftElizabeth Hurley18,813 ftMichael York18,184 ftSeth Green17,967 ftMimi Rogers17,870 ftWill Ferrell17,664 ftChristian Slater17,661 ftRob Lowe17,656 ftCarrie Fisher17,651 ftTom Arnold17,649 ftLois Chiles17,638 ftCharles Napier17,632 ft