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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017 · directed by James Gunn · 137 min
25,723 feet · Prominence
303rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw81

$864m worldwide in 2017 — $1.16bn in today's money.

As released$864mIn 2026 money$1.16bnRank128 of 8,589In 20177 of 237

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Critics 76, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 77.

Critics76 → 38Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 reviewed.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.6 from 828kWikipedia37k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 414 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 81 praise 77 legacy 62averages 73, which places it at25,723 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

Kurt Russell

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bradley Cooper22,596 ftKurt Russell22,250 ftSylvester Stallone21,714 ft