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Top Gun: Maverick

2022 · directed by Joseph Kosinski · 131 min
26,528 feet · Prominence
158th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw85

Lifetime worldwide gross $1.49bn, re-releases included; about $1.68bn in 2026 money.

Rank40 of 11,051In 20222 of 231

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards59 signal → +4 lift

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

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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: 95th pct; credited with reviving theatrical moviegoing.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb8.2 from 892kWikipedia153k views a monthAge4 years

Scored beside it · 324 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 85 praise 91 legacy 68averages 81, placing it at26,528 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 Cruise21,594 ftMiles Teller19,363 ftJennifer Connelly18,777 ftJon Hamm18,350 ftLewis Pullman18,248 ftMonica Barbaro17,937 ftBashir Salahuddin17,834 ftVal Kilmer17,678 ftEd Harris17,675 ftGlen Powell17,671 ftDanny Ramirez17,641 ft