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Watchmen

2009 · directed by Zack Snyder · 163 min
22,786 feet · Prominence
1,358th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

$185m worldwide in 2009 — $285m in today's money.

As released$185mIn 2026 money$285mRank1,170 of 8,589In 200930 of 222

How Draw works

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

Praise60

Critics 60, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 60.

Critics60 → 30Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Divisive adaptation, still endlessly argued.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.6 from 609kWikipedia62k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 1,177 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 64 praise 60 legacy 42averages 55, which places it at22,786 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: Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode.