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The Lion King

2019 · directed by Jon Favreau · 118 min
23,798 feet · Prominence
887th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw89

$1.66bn worldwide in 2019 — $2.14bn in today's money.

As released$1.66bnIn 2026 money$2.14bnRank14 of 8,589In 20192 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise55

Critics 54, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 55.

Critics54 → 27Awards5 → 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Enormous grosses, negligible cultural footprint.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.8 from 290kWikipedia52k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 1,133 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 89 praise 55 legacy 42averages 62, which places it at23,798 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Donald Glover, James Earl Jones.