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Rocketman

2019 · directed by Dexter Fletcher · 121 min
23,622 feet · Prominence
1,068th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $167m, re-releases included; about $216m in 2026 money.

Rank1,609 of 11,051In 201941 of 280

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 baseAwards49 signal → +8 lift

Oscars1 won Original Song
Golden Globes1 won Lead acting1 nominated Best Picture
BAFTAs2 nominated Lead acting, Makeup and Hair
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: 39th pct; overshadowed by Bohemian Rhapsody.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.3 from 207kWikipedia30k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 1,174 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 62 praise 77 legacy 48averages 62, placing it at23,622 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Taron Egerton▲ Richard Madden

In these careers — elevation for this film

Taron Egerton20,182 ftJamie Bell18,795 ftRichard Madden18,742 ftBryce Dallas Howard18,312 ftGemma Jones17,871 ftStephen Graham17,642 ftKit Connor17,635 ftTate Donovan17,634 ft