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Real Steel

2011 · directed by Shawn Levy · 127 min
21,763 feet · Prominence
1,786th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw69

$299m worldwide in 2011 — $439m in today's money.

As released$299mIn 2026 money$439mRank723 of 8,589In 201120 of 242

How Draw works

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

Praise59

Critics 58, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 59.

Critics58 → 29Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy25

Judged directly: Robot boxing novelty, forgotten.

Verdict25 of 100IMDb7.1 from 378kWikipedia26k views a monthAge15 years

Scored beside it · 2,243 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 69 praise 59 legacy 25averages 51, which places it at21,763 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

Hugh Jackman22,602 ft