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Creed

2015 · directed by Ryan Coogler · 133 min
24,948 feet · Prominence
505th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw63

Lifetime worldwide gross $174m, re-releases included; about $242m in 2026 money.

Rank1,438 of 11,051In 201537 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards27 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 won Supporting acting
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy56

Judged directly: 82nd pct; revived Rocky, spawned franchise.

Verdict56 of 100IMDb7.6 from 330kWikipedia65k views a monthAge11 years

Scored beside it · 718 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 63 praise 90 legacy 56averages 70, placing it at24,948 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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