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Pacific Rim

2013 · directed by Guillermo del Toro · 131 min
23,572 feet · Prominence
1,093rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $411m, re-releases included; about $582m in 2026 money.

Rank483 of 11,051In 201316 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise69

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 baseAwards2 signal → +0 lift

BAFTAs1 nominated Special Visual Effects
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Kaiju-mecha cult, devoted online fanbase.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.9 from 556kWikipedia58k views a monthAge13 years

Scored beside it · 1,182 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 72 praise 69 legacy 48averages 63, placing it at23,572 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

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