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Iron Man 2

2010 · directed by Jon Favreau · 124 min
23,311 feet · Prominence
1,111st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

$624m worldwide in 2010 — $944m in today's money.

As released$624mIn 2026 money$944mRank213 of 8,589In 20107 of 235

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Critics 65, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 65.

Critics65 → 32Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Marvel filler, negligible imprint.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb6.9 from 937kWikipedia40k views a monthAge16 years

Scored beside it · 1,478 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 78 praise 65 legacy 35averages 59, which places it at23,311 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

Robert Downey Jr23,074 ftScarlett Johansson21,918 ftSamuel L. Jackson21,699 ft