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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999 · directed by George Lucas · 136 min
25,830 feet · Prominence
274th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw87

Lifetime worldwide gross $1.05bn, re-releases included; about $1.83bn in 2026 money.

Rank27 of 11,051In 19991 of 196

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.

Critics53 baseAwards18 signal → +4 lift

Oscars3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs2 nominated Sound, Special Visual Effects
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Jar Jar, Maul, endless generational discourse.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb6.5 from 917kWikipedia84k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 172 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 87 praise 57 legacy 78averages 74, placing it at25,830 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

▲ Jake Lloyd

In these careers — elevation for this film

Liam Neeson19,803 ftEwan McGregor19,376 ftNatalie Portman18,986 ftJake Lloyd18,337 ftIan McDiarmid18,107 ftSamuel L. Jackson17,678 ftKeira Knightley17,675 ftSally Hawkins17,675 ftFrank Oz17,666 ftDominic West17,663 ftTerence Stamp17,660 ftRichard Armitage17,657 ftLindsay Duncan17,653 ftKenny Baker17,637 ftRalph Brown17,635 ftBen Burtt17,631 ft