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Zoolander

2001 · directed by Ben Stiller · 89 min
23,852 feet · Prominence
952nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $61m, re-releases included; about $113m in 2026 money.

Rank2,696 of 11,051In 200168 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise63

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics63 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Blue Steel; endlessly quoted fashion satire.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.5 from 314kWikipedia39k views a monthAge25 years

Scored beside it · 530 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 55 praise 63 legacy 62averages 60, placing it at23,852 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

Ben Stiller20,118 ftOwen Wilson19,117 ftWill Ferrell18,952 ftMilla Jovovich18,334 ftChristine Taylor18,179 ftDavid Duchovny17,952 ftJon Voight17,829 ftNatalie Portman17,660 ftVince Vaughn17,659 ftWinona Ryder17,659 ftChristian Slater17,658 ftCuba Gooding Jr.17,656 ftAlexander Skarsgård17,654 ftDavid Bowie17,654 ftJames Marsden17,653 ftBilly Zane17,652 ftPatton Oswalt17,651 ftStephen Dorff17,651 ftJustin Theroux17,643 ftLukas Haas17,639 ftSandra Bernhard17,627 ft