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Life of Pi

2012 · directed by Ang Lee · 127 min
25,083 feet · Prominence
472nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw77

Lifetime worldwide gross $609m, re-releases included; about $875m in 2026 money.

Rank255 of 11,051In 201211 of 319

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards89 signal → +8 lift

Oscars4 won Director, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Original Score6 nominated Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing
Golden Globes2 nominated Motion Picture, Screenplay
BAFTAs2 won Cinematography, Craft and other4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Screenplay, Craft and other
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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Visual landmark, modest legacy.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.9 from 697kWikipedia79k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 893 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 77 praise 90 legacy 52averages 73, placing it at25,083 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

▲ Gautam Belur▲ Ayush Tandon

In these careers — elevation for this film

Suraj Sharma19,245 ftIrrfan Khan18,730 ftAyush Tandon17,876 ftGautam Belur17,742 ftRafe Spall17,655 ftGérard Depardieu17,652 ft