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Superman II

1980 · directed by Richard Lester · 127 min
25,943 feet · Prominence
259th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw77

$216m worldwide in 1980 — $867m in today's money.

As released$216mIn 2026 money$867mRank256 of 8,589In 19802 of 75

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 86, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics86 → 43Awards0 → 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Kneel before Zod; Donner cut saga.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.8 from 124kWikipedia27k views a monthAge46 years

Scored beside it · 408 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 77 praise 86 legacy 62averages 75, which places it at25,943 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

Gene Hackman21,669 ft