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First Man

2018 · directed by Damien Chazelle · 141 min
23,203 feet · Prominence
1,171st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw57

$106m worldwide in 2018 — $139m in today's money.

As released$106mIn 2026 money$139mRank2,170 of 8,589In 201851 of 211

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Critics 86, awards 20. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics86 → 43Awards20 → 10

Oscars1 won Visual Effects2 nominated Production Design, Sound
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy33

Judged directly: Handsome Armstrong biopic, culturally quiet.

Verdict33 of 100IMDb7.3 from 214kWikipedia36k views a monthAge8 years

Scored beside it · 1,628 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 57 praise 87 legacy 33averages 59, which places it at23,203 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

Ryan Gosling22,415 ft