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Superman II

1980 · directed by Richard Lester · 127 min
25,623 feet · Prominence
320th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw77

Lifetime worldwide gross $216m, re-releases included; about $867m in 2026 money.

Rank261 of 11,051In 19802 of 84

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Kneel before Zod; Donner cut saga.

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

Scored beside it · 460 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 77 praise 86 legacy 62averages 75, placing it at25,623 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

▲ Christopher Reeve▲ Margot Kidder▲ Sarah Douglas

In these careers — elevation for this film

Christopher Reeve19,891 ftTerence Stamp19,662 ftMargot Kidder19,233 ftGene Hackman18,924 ftNed Beatty17,929 ftSarah Douglas17,883 ftRichard Griffiths17,645 ftJean-Pierre Cassel17,643 ftClifton James17,642 ftValerie Perrine17,641 ft