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The Poseidon Adventure

1972 · directed by Ronald Neame · 117 min
25,201 feet · Prominence
438th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw74

Lifetime worldwide gross $85m, re-releases included; about $668m in 2026 money.

Rank397 of 11,051In 19724 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards74 signal → +9 lift

Oscars2 won Original Score, Special Achievement Academy Award7 nominated Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Dramatic Score, Sound
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress1 nominated Best Picture
BAFTAs1 won Actor1 nominated Supporting acting
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Invented the disaster movie.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.1 from 53kWikipedia27k views a monthAge54 years

Scored beside it · 615 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 74 praise 85 legacy 58averages 72, placing it at25,201 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

▲ Ernest Borgnine▲ Shelley Winters▲ Stella Stevens▲ Jack Albertson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gene Hackman20,508 ftErnest Borgnine19,377 ftShelley Winters19,275 ftStella Stevens18,459 ftJack Albertson18,161 ftRoddy McDowall18,058 ftLeslie Nielsen17,667 ft