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The Martian

2015 · directed by Ridley Scott · 141 min
26,002 feet · Prominence
246th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Martian’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw77

$631m worldwide in 2015 — $879m in today's money.

As released$631mIn 2026 money$879mRank249 of 8,589In 201510 of 227

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Critics 86, awards 55. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics86 → 43Awards55 → 28

Oscars7 nominated Picture, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Popular but modest lasting footprint.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb8 from 999kWikipedia108k views a monthAge11 years

Scored beside it · 479 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 77 praise 89 legacy 60averages 75, which places it at26,002 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

Matt Damon23,374 ft