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Enemy of the State

1998 · directed by Tony Scott · 132 min
22,859 feet · Prominence
1,492nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $251m, re-releases included; about $507m in 2026 money.

Rank599 of 11,051In 199813 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise69

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Surveillance thriller that reads as prescient.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.3 from 272kWikipedia35k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,768 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 71 praise 69 legacy 40averages 60, placing it at22,859 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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