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John Wick

2014 · directed by Chad Stahelski · 101 min
25,608 feet · Prominence
326th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw56

Lifetime worldwide gross $86m, re-releases included; about $120m in 2026 money.

Rank2,579 of 11,051In 201478 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.

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy75

Judged directly: Defined modern action; Baba Yaga, the dog.

Verdict75 of 100IMDb7.5 from 819kWikipedia77k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 203 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 56 praise 78 legacy 75averages 70, placing it at25,608 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

▲ Michael Nyqvist▲ Alfie Allen

In these careers — elevation for this film

Keanu Reeves20,317 ftMichael Nyqvist18,562 ftWillem Dafoe18,324 ftAlfie Allen18,088 ftJohn Leguizamo17,662 ftIan McShane17,647 ftBridget Moynahan17,646 ftDavid Patrick Kelly17,635 ft