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Spirited Away

2001 · directed by Hayao Miyazaki · 125 min
27,768 feet · Prominence
27th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 27th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $275m, re-releases included; about $512m in 2026 money.

Rank587 of 11,051In 200115 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise97

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics96 baseAwards41 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 won Animated Feature
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.

Legacy88

Judged directly: Ghibli's global masterpiece, No-Face permanently iconic.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb8.6 from 964kWikipedia92k views a monthAge25 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 34 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 71 praise 97 legacy 88averages 85, placing it at27,768 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

▲ Mari Natsuki▲ Rumi Hiiragi▲ Takashi Naito

In these careers — elevation for this film

Rumi Hiiragi18,721 ftMiyu Irino18,435 ftMari Natsuki18,402 ftTakashi Naito17,856 ft