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The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 · directed by Wes Anderson · 110 min
24,872 feet · Prominence
525th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

How this film scores

Draw57

$71m worldwide in 2001 — $133m in today's money.

As released$71mIn 2026 money$133mRank2,226 of 8,589In 200158 of 189

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 79, awards 33. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics79 → 39Awards33 → 17

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Actor
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Wes Anderson signature, aesthetic influence.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.6 from 334kWikipedia48k views a monthAge25 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 440 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 57 praise 82 legacy 62averages 67, which places it at24,872 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

Gene Hackman22,739 ftBill Murray21,677 ft