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King Kong

2005 · directed by Peter Jackson · 188 min
23,968 feet · Prominence
893rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $562m, re-releases included; about $950m in 2026 money.

Rank214 of 11,051In 20055 of 266

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards42 signal → +4 lift

Oscars3 won Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing1 nominated Production Design
Golden Globes1 nominated Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Remake overshadowed by the 1933 original.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.2 from 465kWikipedia45k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 1,723 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 78 praise 86 legacy 40averages 68, placing it at23,968 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

Naomi Watts19,835 ftAndy Serkis19,203 ftJack Black18,990 ftAdrien Brody18,805 ftJamie Bell18,031 ftThomas Kretschmann17,936 ftKyle Chandler17,898 ftColin Hanks17,876 ft