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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999 · directed by George Lucas · 136 min
26,060 feet · Prominence
238th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 238th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw87

$1.05bn worldwide in 1999 — $1.83bn in today's money.

As released$1.05bnIn 2026 money$1.83bnRank25 of 8,589In 19991 of 170

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 53, awards 18. Half each, so Praise lands at 57.

Critics53 → 26Awards18 → 9

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

Legacy78

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

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

Scored beside it · 160 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 87 praise 57 legacy 78averages 74, which places it at26,060 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

Natalie Portman22,314 ftSamuel L. Jackson21,680 ft