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The Jungle Book

2016 · directed by Jon Favreau · 106 min
24,763 feet · Prominence
572nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw82

Lifetime worldwide gross $967m, re-releases included; about $1.33bn in 2026 money.

Rank97 of 11,051In 20165 of 335

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards17 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 won Visual Effects
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy48

Judged directly: 40th pct; below median, technical showcase only.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.3 from 304kWikipedia30k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,126 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 82 praise 87 legacy 48averages 72, placing it at24,763 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

▲ Neel Sethi

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bill Murray19,727 ftIdris Elba19,389 ftNeel Sethi18,966 ftBen Kingsley18,959 ftChristopher Walken18,636 ftJon Favreau18,444 ftLupita Nyong'o18,290 ftScarlett Johansson18,040 ftGiancarlo Esposito18,021 ft