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The Mask of Zorro

1998 · directed by Martin Campbell · 138 min
23,139 feet · Prominence
1,320th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $250m, re-releases included; about $507m in 2026 money.

Rank600 of 11,051In 199814 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards29 signal → +4 lift

Oscars2 nominated Sound, Sound Editing
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Fun nineties swashbuckler, largely forgotten.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.8 from 209kWikipedia0k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,877 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 71 praise 78 legacy 38averages 62, placing it at23,139 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

Antonio Banderas20,158 ftAnthony Hopkins19,506 ftCatherine Zeta-Jones18,898 ft