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Dazed and Confused

1993 · directed by Richard Linklater · 102 min
25,284 feet · Prominence
414th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw42

Lifetime worldwide gross $8m, re-releases included; about $19m in 2026 money.

Rank6,076 of 11,051In 1993118 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 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. 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.

Legacy70

Judged directly: 'Alright alright alright'; stoner-canon rewatch staple.

Verdict70 of 100IMDb7.6 from 215kWikipedia61k views a monthAge33 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 314 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 42 praise 88 legacy 70averages 67, placing it at25,284 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

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