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Twister

1996 · directed by Jan de Bont · 113 min
24,447 feet · Prominence
683rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw79

Lifetime worldwide gross $494m, re-releases included; about $1.04bn in 2026 money.

Rank175 of 11,051In 19962 of 191

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics68 baseAwards15 signal → +2 lift

Oscars2 nominated Visual Effects, Sound
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Flying cow, nineties disaster staple, sequel revived.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb6.6 from 249kWikipedia41k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 783 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 79 praise 70 legacy 55averages 68, placing it at24,447 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

▲ Lois Smith

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bill Paxton19,442 ftHelen Hunt19,357 ftPhilip Seymour Hoffman18,647 ftCary Elwes18,414 ftJami Gertz18,158 ftLois Smith17,976 ftAlan Ruck17,909 ftJeremy Davies17,656 ftJake Busey17,640 ft