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Star Wars

1977 · directed by George Lucas · 121 min
29,029 feet · Prominence
The highest film on the mountain
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How this film scores

Draw92

Lifetime worldwide gross $775m, re-releases included; about $2.68bn in 2026 money.

Rank9 of 11,051In 19771 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards88 signal → +4 lift

Oscars7 won Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects, Original Score, Sound, Special Achievement Academy Award4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Original Score3 nominated Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Original Music2 nominated Best Picture, Craft and other
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.

Legacy100

Judged directly: Foundational, ultimate cultural touchstone.

Verdict100 of 100IMDb8.6 from 1.6mWikipedia122k views a monthAge49 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1 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 92 praise 95 legacy 100averages 96, placing it at29,029 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

▲ Peter Cushing▲ Alec Guinness

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harrison Ford20,635 ftMark Hamill19,774 ftAlec Guinness19,431 ftCarrie Fisher19,251 ftPeter Cushing18,861 ftKenny Baker17,872 ftJames Earl Jones17,682 ftDenis Lawson17,641 ft