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Con Air

1997 · directed by Simon West · 116 min
23,287 feet · Prominence
1,131st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'Con Air’ With Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano, and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw69

$224m worldwide in 1997 — $461m in today's money.

As released$224mIn 2026 money$461mRank682 of 8,589In 199716 of 182

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

Critics 55, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 57.

Critics55 → 28Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Sound
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Put the bunny back in the box.

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

Scored beside it · 910 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 69 praise 57 legacy 48averages 58, which places it at23,287 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

Nicolas Cage22,486 ft