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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019 · directed by J.J. Abrams · 142 min
23,595 feet · Prominence
1,082nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw83

Lifetime worldwide gross $1.07bn, re-releases included; about $1.39bn in 2026 money.

Rank86 of 11,051In 20197 of 280

How Draw works

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

Praise55

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics52 baseAwards14 signal → +3 lift

Oscars2 nominated Visual Effects, Original Score
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: 90th pct traffic but remembered as a failure.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6.3 from 537kWikipedia103k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 962 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 83 praise 55 legacy 52averages 63, placing it at23,595 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

▲ Daisy Ridley

In these careers — elevation for this film

Adam Driver19,700 ftDaisy Ridley19,529 ftOscar Isaac18,433 ftJohn Boyega18,330 ftCarrie Fisher18,062 ftMark Hamill17,925 ftNaomi Ackie17,816 ftHarrison Ford17,669 ftLiam Neeson17,669 ftSamuel L. Jackson17,669 ftEwan McGregor17,666 ftLupita Nyong'o17,666 ftDomhnall Gleeson17,664 ftJodie Comer17,664 ftHayden Christensen17,663 ftJames Earl Jones17,663 ftAndy Serkis17,661 ftRichard E. Grant17,661 ftKarl Urban17,658 ftFrank Oz17,655 ftKeri Russell17,654 ftAlec Guinness17,653 ftLin-Manuel Miranda17,650 ftBilly Dee Williams17,649 ftShirley Henderson17,645 ftJeff Garlin17,644 ftIan McDiarmid17,640 ftDenis Lawson17,631 ft