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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 129 min
22,895 feet · Prominence
1,465th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw82

Lifetime worldwide gross $619m, re-releases included; about $1.27bn in 2026 money.

Rank104 of 11,051In 19972 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise59

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics58 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Sequel to a giant, modest imprint.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.6 from 474kWikipedia77k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 1,607 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 82 praise 59 legacy 42averages 61, placing it at22,895 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

▲ Pete Postlethwaite

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jeff Goldblum19,610 ftJulianne Moore18,773 ftPete Postlethwaite18,502 ftVince Vaughn18,429 ftArliss Howard18,095 ftRichard Attenborough18,024 ftPeter Stormare17,932 ftEli Roth17,643 ftJoseph Mazzello17,641 ft