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Moonraker

1979 · directed by Lewis Gilbert · 126 min
23,243 feet · Prominence
1,260th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $210m, re-releases included; about $956m in 2026 money.

Rank211 of 11,051In 19791 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise63

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics63 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Bond in space, notorious and often cited.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.3 from 116kWikipedia32k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 1,396 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 78 praise 63 legacy 45averages 62, placing it at23,243 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 Chiles▲ Michael Lonsdale▲ Richard Kiel

In these careers — elevation for this film

Roger Moore19,261 ftMichael Lonsdale18,283 ftRichard Kiel18,206 ftLois Chiles18,109 ft