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War of the Worlds

2005 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 117 min
25,376 feet · Prominence
379th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw79

$604m worldwide in 2005 — $1.02bn in today's money.

As released$604mIn 2026 money$1.02bnRank178 of 8,589In 20054 of 209

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Critics 75, awards 14. Half each, so Praise lands at 76.

Critics75 → 37Awards14 → 7

Oscars3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Spielberg spectacle, modestly remembered.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb6.6 from 502kWikipedia82k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 531 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 79 praise 76 legacy 58averages 71, which places it at25,376 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

Tom Cruise

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tom Cruise24,134 ft