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Con Air

1997 · directed by Simon West · 116 min
22,837 feet · Prominence
1,506th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $224m, re-releases included; about $461m in 2026 money.

Rank699 of 11,051In 199717 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise57

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics55 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Sound
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Put the bunny back in the box.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.9 from 334kWikipedia45k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 1,227 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 69 praise 57 legacy 48averages 58, placing it at22,837 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

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