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The Fast and the Furious

2001 · directed by Rob Cohen · 106 min
23,819 feet · Prominence
964th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $207m, re-releases included; about $386m in 2026 money.

Rank866 of 11,051In 200119 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise56

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics56 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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Launched a mega-franchise and car culture.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb6.8 from 453kWikipedia52k views a monthAge25 years

Scored beside it · 590 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 68 praise 56 legacy 60averages 61, placing it at23,819 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Paul Walker

In these careers — elevation for this film

Paul Walker19,623 ftVin Diesel19,617 ftMichelle Rodriguez18,438 ftJordana Brewster18,163 ftTed Levine17,641 ft