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Captain America: The First Avenger

2011 · directed by Joe Johnston · 124 min
23,239 feet · Prominence
1,265th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $371m, re-releases included; about $544m in 2026 money.

Rank536 of 11,051In 201117 of 304

How Draw works

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

Praise73

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Franchise cornerstone, forgettable standalone.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.9 from 966kWikipedia45k views a monthAge15 years

Scored beside it · 1,579 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 71 praise 73 legacy 42averages 62, placing it at23,239 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Hayley Atwell

In these careers — elevation for this film

Chris Evans19,300 ftHugo Weaving18,558 ftHayley Atwell18,378 ftTommy Lee Jones18,291 ftSebastian Stan18,194 ftStanley Tucci18,193 ftDominic Cooper18,079 ftRichard Armitage17,800 ftDerek Luke17,652 ftSamuel L. Jackson17,649 ftToby Jones17,649 ftLaura Haddock17,626 ft