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Glengarry Glen Ross

1992 · directed by James Foley · 100 min
25,607 feet · Prominence
328th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw44

Lifetime worldwide gross $11m, re-releases included; about $25m in 2026 money.

Rank5,555 of 11,051In 199291 of 166

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards19 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy72

Judged directly: 'Coffee's for closers'; permanent business-world idiom.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.6 from 126kWikipedia40k views a monthAge34 years

Scored beside it · 260 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 44 praise 90 legacy 72averages 69, placing it at25,607 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.

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