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Toy Story

1995 · directed by John Lasseter · 81 min
28,147 feet · Prominence
12th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $962m, re-releases included; about $1.55bn in 2026 money.

Rank55 of 11,051In 19951 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise98

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics98 baseAwards36 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 won Special Achievement Academy Award2 nominated Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score
Golden Globes1 nominated Best Picture
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.

Legacy92

Judged directly: Pioneered CG animation, permanent icon.

Verdict92 of 100IMDb8.3 from 1.2mWikipedia117k views a monthAge31 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 14 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 73 praise 98 legacy 92averages 88, placing it at28,147 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

Tom Hanks20,493 ftTim Allen19,699 ftJim Varney18,249 ftWallace Shawn18,177 ftDon Rickles18,158 ftAnnie Potts18,133 ftLaurie Metcalf17,652 ft