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Superman Returns

2006
22,945 feet · Prominence
1,283rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

$391m worldwide in 2006 — $640m in today's money.

As released$391mIn 2026 money$640mRank418 of 8,589In 20069 of 215

How Draw works

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

Praise73

Critics 72, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 73.

Critics72 → 36Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated 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.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Reverent Superman revival, largely forgotten.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb6.1 from 302kWikipedia47k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 2,009 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 73 praise 73 legacy 28averages 58, which places it at22,945 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.