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Star Trek

2009 · directed by J.J. Abrams · 127 min
25,883 feet · Prominence
264th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $387m, re-releases included; about $595m in 2026 money.

Rank473 of 11,051In 200913 of 312

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards28 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won Makeup and Hairstyling3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs2 nominated Sound, Special Visual Effects
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Rebooted Trek, well-remembered reboot.

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

Scored beside it · 409 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 72 praise 90 legacy 65averages 76, placing it at25,883 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

▲ Chris Pine

In these careers — elevation for this film

Chris Pine19,913 ftZachary Quinto19,007 ftLeonard Nimoy18,824 ftBruce Greenwood18,530 ftSimon Pegg18,475 ftKarl Urban18,453 ftEric Bana18,445 ftZoe Saldaña18,422 ftWinona Ryder17,671 ftTyler Perry17,668 ftChris Hemsworth17,667 ftAnton Yelchin17,665 ftJohn Cho17,656 ftClifton Collins Jr.17,649 ftBen Cross17,647 ftWil Wheaton17,640 ft