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Event Horizon

1997 · directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 96 min
21,017 feet · Prominence
1,979th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

$27m worldwide in 1997 — $55m in today's money.

As released$27mIn 2026 money$55mRank3,625 of 8,589In 199770 of 182

How Draw works

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

Praise36

Critics 36, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 36.

Critics36 → 18Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Sci-fi horror cult with strong online life.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.6 from 213kWikipedia71k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 939 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 49 praise 36 legacy 48averages 44, which places it at21,017 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson.