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Airport

1970 · directed by George Seaton · 137 min
24,259 feet · Prominence
701st of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw77

$100m worldwide in 1970 — $855m in today's money.

As released$100mIn 2026 money$855mRank261 of 8,589In 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.

Praise72

Critics 57, awards 70. Half each, so Praise lands at 72.

Critics57 → 28Awards70 → 35

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress8 nominated Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy45

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

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

Scored beside it · 959 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 72 legacy 45averages 65, which places it at24,259 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Burt Lancaster, Dana Wynter, Dean Martin, Barbara Hale.