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Jaws

1975 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 124 min
28,796 feet · Prominence
3rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw93

Lifetime worldwide gross $471m, re-releases included; about $2.89bn in 2026 money.

Rank6 of 11,051In 19751 of 43

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards78 signal → +3 lift

Oscars3 won Film Editing, Original Dramatic Score, Sound1 nominated Picture
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other5 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Lead acting, Screenplay, Editing
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.

Legacy96

Judged directly: Invented the blockbuster, quoted forever.

Verdict96 of 100IMDb8.1 from 731kWikipedia125k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 3 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 93 praise 95 legacy 96averages 95, placing it at28,796 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

▲ Robert Shaw▲ Murray Hamilton

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robert Shaw20,890 ftRoy Scheider20,718 ftRichard Dreyfuss19,792 ftMurray Hamilton18,176 ftLorraine Gary17,859 ft