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Iron Man 3

2013 · directed by Shane Black · 130 min
25,707 feet · Prominence
307th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw86

$1.22bn worldwide in 2013 — $1.72bn in today's money.

As released$1.22bnIn 2026 money$1.72bnRank33 of 8,589In 20132 of 251

How Draw works

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

Praise71

Critics 71, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 71.

Critics71 → 35Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Big Marvel entry, less iconic.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.1 from 965kWikipedia42k views a monthAge13 years

Scored beside it · 417 of 3,430 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 86 praise 71 legacy 62averages 73, which places it at25,707 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 Downey Jr

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robert Downey Jr23,659 ft