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The Iron Giant

1999 · directed by Brad Bird · 86 min · PG
25,200 feet · Prominence
439th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

Lifetime worldwide gross $23m, re-releases included; about $46m in 2026 money.

Rank4,399 of 11,051In 199988 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics91 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Flop turned beloved; 'Superman' endlessly shared.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb8.1 from 257kWikipedia46k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 419 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 48 praise 91 legacy 65averages 68, placing it at25,200 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

▲ Harry Connick Jr.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Vin Diesel18,854 ftHarry Connick Jr.18,621 ftJennifer Aniston18,611 ftJohn Mahoney18,051 ftCloris Leachman17,901 ftJames Gammon17,844 ftBrian Tochi17,630 ftMary Kay Bergman17,630 ftRodger Bumpass17,628 ft