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Inception

2010 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 148 min
27,441 feet · Prominence
48th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'Inception' With Jason Concepcion, Mallory Rubin, Sean Fennessey, and Andrew Gruttadaro

How this film scores

Draw82

$839m worldwide in 2010 — $1.27bn in today's money.

As released$839mIn 2026 money$1.27bnRank102 of 8,589In 20104 of 235

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

Critics 80, awards 62. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics80 → 40Awards62 → 31

Oscars4 won Cinematography, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing4 nominated Picture, Original Screenplay, Production Design, Original Score
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.

Legacy84

Judged directly: Huge current attention, thinner durable canon.

Verdict84 of 100IMDb8.8 from 2.8mWikipedia135k views a monthAge16 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 79 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 82 praise 86 legacy 84averages 84, which places it at27,441 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

Leonardo DiCaprio23,415 ftTom Hardy22,136 ftMichael Caine21,680 ft