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American Sniper

2014 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 133 min
24,786 feet · Prominence
566th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $542m, re-releases included; about $756m in 2026 money.

Rank320 of 11,051In 201413 of 348

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics72 baseAwards59 signal → +8 lift

Oscars1 won Sound Editing5 nominated Picture, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound
BAFTAs1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Massive hit, politically discussed, fading.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.3 from 569kWikipedia53k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 758 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 75 praise 80 legacy 55averages 70, placing it at24,786 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

▲ Cole Konis

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bradley Cooper20,506 ftSienna Miller18,595 ftClint Eastwood18,425 ftKyle Gallner17,986 ftCole Konis17,708 ftMadeleine McGraw17,648 ftJonathan Groff17,645 ft