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Airport

1970 · directed by George Seaton · 137 min
23,745 feet · Prominence
1,003rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw77

Lifetime worldwide gross $100m, re-releases included; about $855m in 2026 money.

Rank266 of 11,051In 19703 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics57 baseAwards79 signal → +17 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress8 nominated Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Supporting acting
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Spawned the disaster genre, then Airplane! replaced it.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.6 from 23kWikipedia18k views a monthAge56 years

Scored beside it · 1,350 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 77 praise 74 legacy 45averages 65, placing it at23,745 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

▲ Burt Lancaster▲ Jean Seberg▲ Barbara Hale▲ Dana Wynter

In these careers — elevation for this film

Burt Lancaster19,583 ftDean Martin18,919 ftGeorge Kennedy18,780 ftJacqueline Bisset18,538 ftJean Seberg18,320 ftDana Wynter17,849 ftBarbara Hale17,798 ftMaureen Stapleton17,659 ftHelen Hayes17,657 ft