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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004 · directed by Adam McKay · 95 min
24,877 feet · Prominence
529th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

Lifetime worldwide gross $91m, re-releases included; about $158m in 2026 money.

Rank2,080 of 11,051In 200463 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics65 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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Endlessly quoted; defined a comedy era.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.1 from 399kWikipedia28k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 276 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 59 praise 65 legacy 72averages 65, placing it at24,877 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

▲ Christina Applegate

In these careers — elevation for this film

Will Ferrell20,053 ftSteve Carell19,409 ftPaul Rudd18,876 ftChristina Applegate18,840 ftKathryn Hahn17,970 ftFred Willard17,942 ftJack Black17,665 ftBen Stiller17,664 ftTim Robbins17,664 ftVince Vaughn17,663 ftSeth Rogen17,661 ftLuke Wilson17,654 ft