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Kong: Skull Island

2017 · directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts · 118 min
23,524 feet · Prominence
1,123rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $567m, re-releases included; about $763m in 2026 money.

Rank312 of 11,051In 201717 of 325

How Draw works

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

Praise69

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy46

Judged directly: 56th pct; MonsterVerse filler.

Verdict46 of 100IMDb6.7 from 372kWikipedia0k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 1,290 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 75 praise 69 legacy 46averages 63, placing it at23,524 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.

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