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Top Gun: Maverick

2022 · directed by Joseph Kosinski · 131 min
26,642 feet · Prominence
140th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw85

$1.49bn worldwide in 2022 — $1.68bn in today's money.

As released$1.49bnIn 2026 money$1.68bnRank39 of 8,589In 20222 of 147

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Critics 87, awards 59. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics87 → 44Awards59 → 30

Oscars1 won Sound5 nominated Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Visual Effects, Original Score
Golden Globes2 nominated Motion Picture, Original Song
BAFTAs4 nominated Sound, Cinematography, Special Visual Effects, Editing
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.

Legacy64

Judged directly: Top Gun: Maverick reviewed.

Verdict64 of 100IMDb8.2 from 892kWikipedia153k views a monthAge4 years

Scored beside it · 392 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 85 praise 91 legacy 64averages 80, which places it at26,642 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

Tom Cruise24,028 ftVal Kilmer21,706 ft