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Deepwater Horizon

2016 · directed by Peter Berg · 107 min
23,249 feet · Prominence
1,256th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

Lifetime worldwide gross $122m, re-releases included; about $167m in 2026 money.

Rank1,978 of 11,051In 201663 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.

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards10 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Visual Effects, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: 47th pct; the disaster outlives the film.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.1 from 198kWikipedia35k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,395 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 59 praise 76 legacy 45averages 60, placing it at23,249 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

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