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Kubo and the Two Strings

2016 · directed by Travis Knight · 102 min
23,476 feet · Prominence
1,026th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

$76m worldwide in 2016 — $105m in today's money.

As released$76mIn 2026 money$105mRank2,620 of 8,589In 201683 of 252

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Critics 91, awards 23. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics91 → 45Awards23 → 12

Oscars2 nominated Animated Feature, 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Stop-motion beauty with a devoted cult.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.7 from 146kWikipedia31k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,468 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 55 praise 92 legacy 35averages 61, which places it at23,476 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

Charlize Theron21,766 ftMatthew McConaughey21,688 ft