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The Mechanic

2011 · directed by Simon West · 93 min
22,530 feet · Prominence
1,940th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $51m, re-releases included; about $75m in 2026 money.

Rank3,461 of 11,051In 2011107 of 304

How Draw works

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

Praise52

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics52 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.

Legacy54

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb6.5 from 182kWikipedia25k views a monthAge15 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 52 praise 52 legacy 54averages 53, placing it at22,530 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

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