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Kubo and the Two Strings

2016 · directed by Travis Knight · 102 min
24,296 feet · Prominence
740th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $76m, re-releases included; about $105m in 2026 money.

Rank2,844 of 11,051In 201690 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.

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics91 baseAwards23 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Animated Feature, 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. 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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: MC84; stop-motion craft landmark, 27th pct.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.7 from 146kWikipedia31k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,022 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 55 praise 92 legacy 50averages 66, placing it at24,296 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Art Parkinson

In these careers — elevation for this film

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