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The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 · directed by Henry Selick · 76 min
22,421 feet · Prominence
1,543rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

$76m worldwide in 1993 — $173m in today's money.

As released$76mIn 2026 money$173mRank1,847 of 8,589In 199325 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise5

No critic scores on file, so Praise rests entirely on the award record.

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy82

Judged directly: Registry film; Jack Skellington is permanent.

Verdict82 of 100Wikipedia0k views a monthAge33 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 109 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 59 praise 5 legacy 82averages 49, which places it at22,421 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: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey.