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Serenity

2005 · directed by Joss Whedon · 119 min · PG-13
23,067 feet · Prominence
1,374th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $39m, re-releases included; about $66m in 2026 money.

Rank3,701 of 11,051In 2005108 of 266

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Firefly fandom keeps it fiercely alive.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.8 from 314kWikipedia40k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 1,418 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 51 praise 78 legacy 45averages 58, placing it at23,067 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

Alan Tudyk18,260 ftMorena Baccarin18,158 ftChiwetel Ejiofor17,650 ftNeil Patrick Harris17,641 ftSarah Paulson17,638 ft