← Apex Mountain

Black Hawk Down

2001 · directed by Ridley Scott · 145 min
24,772 feet · Prominence
570th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $173m, re-releases included; about $322m in 2026 money.

Rank1,065 of 11,051In 200126 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards44 signal → +5 lift

Oscars2 won Film Editing, Sound2 nominated Director, Cinematography
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Gritty war film, respected.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.7 from 454kWikipedia80k views a monthAge25 years

Scored beside it · 651 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 66 praise 81 legacy 58averages 68, placing it at24,772 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

▲ Ewen Bremner

In these careers — elevation for this film

Josh Hartnett19,046 ftEric Bana18,971 ftEwan McGregor18,968 ftTom Sizemore18,701 ftSam Shepard18,312 ftEwen Bremner18,164 ftTom Hardy17,667 ftHugh Dancy17,660 ftOrlando Bloom17,657 ftJason Isaacs17,653 ftTom Guiry17,648 ft