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Airport 1975

1974 · directed by Jack Smight · 107 min
21,399 feet · Prominence
1,895th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw74

$103m worldwide in 1974 — $689m in today's money.

As released$103mIn 2026 money$689mRank369 of 8,589In 19743 of 42

How Draw works

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

Praise41

Critics 41, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 41.

Critics41 → 21Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Disaster sequel, Airplane parody source.

Verdict30 of 100IMDb5.7 from 13kWikipedia10k views a monthAge52 years

Scored beside it · 1,921 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 74 praise 41 legacy 30averages 48, which places it at21,399 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr..