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The Faculty

1998 · directed by Robert Rodriguez · 104 min
21,379 feet · Prominence
1,901st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

$40m worldwide in 1998 — $82m in today's money.

As released$40mIn 2026 money$82mRank3,009 of 8,589In 199864 of 165

How Draw works

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

Praise59

Critics 59, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 59.

Critics59 → 30Awards0 → 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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Minor 90s teen horror pastiche.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb6.6 from 147kWikipedia41k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,756 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 53 praise 59 legacy 32averages 48, which places it at21,379 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall.