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The Thomas Crown Affair

1999 · directed by John McTiernan · 113 min
22,768 feet · Prominence
1,372nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw63

$124m worldwide in 1999 — $246m in today's money.

As released$124mIn 2026 money$246mRank1,353 of 8,589In 199931 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Critics 70, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 70.

Critics70 → 35Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Slick remake, minimal lasting imprint.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb6.9 from 108kWikipedia30k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 1,513 of 3,430 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 63 praise 70 legacy 35averages 56, which places it at22,768 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

Rene Russo

In these careers — elevation for this film

Rene Russo21,884 ftFaye Dunaway21,648 ft