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Spider-Man

2002 · directed by Sam Raimi · 121 min
27,134 feet · Prominence
79th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw84

Lifetime worldwide gross $822m, re-releases included; about $1.51bn in 2026 money.

Rank67 of 11,051In 20023 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards12 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Visual Effects, Sound
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy82

Judged directly: Launched superhero era, iconic scenes.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb7.4 from 958kWikipedia75k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 95 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 84 praise 83 legacy 82averages 83, placing it at27,134 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

▲ Willem Dafoe▲ Tobey Maguire

In these careers — elevation for this film

Willem Dafoe20,502 ftTobey Maguire19,833 ftKirsten Dunst19,397 ftJames Franco18,788 ftJ.K. Simmons18,522 ftCliff Robertson18,367 ftOctavia Spencer17,678 ftElizabeth Banks17,670 ftBill Nunn17,656 ft