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Gladiator

2000 · directed by Ridley Scott · 155 min
26,713 feet · Prominence
127th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Gladiator’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Shea Serrano, and Jason Concepcion

How this film scores

Draw77

$466m worldwide in 2000 — $892m in today's money.

As released$466mIn 2026 money$892mRank243 of 8,589In 20002 of 172

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 74, awards 93. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics74 → 37Awards93 → 47

Oscars5 won Picture, Actor, Costume Design, Visual Effects, Sound7 nominated Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Score
BAFTAs2 won Film, Cinematography1 nominated Original Screenplay
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.

Legacy75

Judged directly: Memorable, quoted, solid staying power.

Verdict75 of 100IMDb8.5 from 1.8mWikipedia130k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 187 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 77 praise 86 legacy 75averages 79, which places it at26,713 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

Russell Crowe23,190 ftJoaquin Phoenix22,912 ft