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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982 · directed by Nicholas Meyer · 113 min
26,046 feet · Prominence
239th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 239th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw66

$97m worldwide in 1982 — $330m in today's money.

As released$97mIn 2026 money$330mRank998 of 8,589In 19827 of 82

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Critics 78, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 78.

Critics78 → 39Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Registry film; KHAAAN and Spock's death.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.7 from 134kWikipedia31k views a monthAge44 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 161 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 66 praise 78 legacy 78averages 74, which places it at26,046 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. Top billing: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, DeForest Kelley.