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Sully

2016 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 96 min
23,926 feet · Prominence
909th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $241m, re-releases included; about $331m in 2026 money.

Rank1,026 of 11,051In 201633 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.

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 baseAwards5 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Sound 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: 49th pct; the real landing outlives the film.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.4 from 320kWikipedia35k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,156 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 66 praise 80 legacy 48averages 65, placing it at23,926 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 Hanks20,268 ftAaron Eckhart19,013 ftClint Eastwood18,298 ftAnna Gunn17,991 ftHolt McCallany17,940 ftLaura Linney17,655 ftMichael Rapaport17,647 ft