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Tenet

2020 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 150 min
24,510 feet · Prominence
650th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $365m, re-releases included; about $466m in 2026 money.

Rank683 of 11,051In 20202 of 187

How Draw works

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

Praise73

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 baseAwards21 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 won Visual Effects1 nominated Production Design
BAFTAs1 won 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: 91st pct; remembered for incomprehensibility and pandemic release.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.3 from 699kWikipedia112k views a monthAge6 years

Scored beside it · 668 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 70 praise 73 legacy 58averages 67, placing it at24,510 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

▲ John David Washington▲ Elizabeth Debicki

In these careers — elevation for this film

John David Washington19,448 ftRobert Pattinson19,327 ftElizabeth Debicki18,918 ftKenneth Branagh18,898 ftMichael Caine17,864 ftAaron Taylor-Johnson17,657 ftClémence Poésy17,641 ft