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Transformers

2007 · directed by Michael Bay · 144 min
23,654 feet · Prominence
1,044th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw80

Lifetime worldwide gross $710m, re-releases included; about $1.13bn in 2026 money.

Rank138 of 11,051In 20075 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise62

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics59 baseAwards14 signal → +3 lift

Oscars3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Defined Bayhem, franchise huge, footprint thin.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.1 from 715kWikipedia59k views a monthAge19 years

Scored beside it · 1,064 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 80 praise 62 legacy 50averages 64, placing it at23,654 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

▲ Mark Ryan

In these careers — elevation for this film

Shia LaBeouf19,197 ftMegan Fox18,388 ftPeter Cullen18,250 ftHugo Weaving18,060 ftTyrese Gibson17,917 ftMark Ryan17,743 ftJohn Turturro17,663 ftJon Voight17,663 ftKevin Dunn17,641 ft