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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979 · directed by Robert Wise · 131 min
23,013 feet · Prominence
1,397th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $139m, re-releases included; about $633m in 2026 money.

Rank429 of 11,051In 19794 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise54

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics51 baseAwards14 signal → +3 lift

Oscars3 nominated Production Design, Visual Effects, Original Score
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Franchise-reviving, notorious for its pace.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb6.4 from 102kWikipedia28k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 1,099 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 73 praise 54 legacy 50averages 59, placing it at23,013 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

Leonard Nimoy19,048 ftWilliam Shatner18,973 ftDeForest Kelley18,172 ftGeorge Takei17,852 ftJames Doohan17,845 ft