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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 · directed by J.J. Abrams · 136 min
26,987 feet · Prominence
87th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 87th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw93

$2.07bn worldwide in 2015 — $2.88bn in today's money.

As released$2.07bnIn 2026 money$2.88bnRank7 of 8,589In 20151 of 227

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

Critics 87, awards 27. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics87 → 43Awards27 → 13

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

Legacy66

Judged directly: Enormous opening, thin durable footprint.

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

Scored beside it · 350 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 93 praise 88 legacy 66averages 82, which places it at26,987 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

Adam Driver

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harrison Ford23,829 ftAdam Driver22,615 ft