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Star Trek

2009 · directed by J.J. Abrams · 127 min
26,083 feet · Prominence
234th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 234th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw72

$387m worldwide in 2009 — $595m in today's money.

As released$387mIn 2026 money$595mRank468 of 8,589In 200913 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.

Praise90

Critics 88, awards 28. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics88 → 44Awards28 → 14

Oscars1 won Makeup and Hairstyling3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs2 nominated Sound, Special Visual Effects
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Rebooted Trek, well-remembered reboot.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.9 from 636kWikipedia43k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 359 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 72 praise 90 legacy 65averages 76, which places it at26,083 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

Chris Hemsworth21,647 ftWinona Ryder21,622 ft