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Skyfall

2012 · directed by Sam Mendes · 143 min
26,424 feet · Prominence
173rd of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins

How this film scores

Draw85

$1.11bn worldwide in 2012 — $1.59bn in today's money.

As released$1.11bnIn 2026 money$1.59bnRank51 of 8,589In 20122 of 244

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Critics 87, awards 29. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics87 → 43Awards29 → 15

Oscars1 won Sound Editing3 nominated Cinematography, Original Score, Sound
BAFTAs1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Best-regarded modern Bond, Adele theme.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.8 from 768kWikipedia99k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 399 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 88 legacy 62averages 78, which places it at26,424 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

Judi Dench22,012 ft