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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 · directed by J.J. Abrams · 136 min
26,510 feet · Prominence
159th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 159th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw93

Lifetime worldwide gross $2.07bn, re-releases included; about $2.88bn in 2026 money.

Rank7 of 11,051In 20151 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards29 signal → +2 lift

Oscars5 nominated Film Editing, Visual Effects, Original Score, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs1 won Special Visual Effects1 nominated 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. 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.

Legacy66

Judged directly: Enormous opening, thin durable footprint.

Verdict66 of 100IMDb7.7 from 1.0mWikipedia84k views a monthAge11 years

Scored beside it · 385 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 93 praise 88 legacy 66averages 82, placing it at26,510 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

Harrison Ford20,948 ftAdam Driver20,094 ftDaisy Ridley19,613 ftJohn Boyega19,597 ftOscar Isaac18,624 ftCarrie Fisher18,339 ftLupita Nyong'o17,999 ftMark Hamill17,921 ftDaniel Craig17,680 ftSimon Pegg17,680 ftEwan McGregor17,679 ftDomhnall Gleeson17,676 ftAndy Serkis17,675 ftMax von Sydow17,672 ftAlec Guinness17,667 ftFrank Oz17,667 ftBen Schwartz17,665 ftJessica Henwick17,659 ftHannah John-Kamen17,641 ft