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Toy Story

1995 · directed by John Lasseter · 81 min
27,997 feet · Prominence
18th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Toy Story’ With Sean Fennessey, Mallory Rubin, and Shea Serrano

How this film scores

Draw73

$401m worldwide in 1995 — $648m in today's money.

As released$401mIn 2026 money$648mRank411 of 8,589In 19957 of 156

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

Critics 98, awards 26. Half each, so Praise lands at 98.

Critics98 → 49Awards26 → 13

Oscars1 won Special Achievement Academy Award2 nominated Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score
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.

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 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 73 praise 98 legacy 92averages 88, which places it at27,997 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 Hanks22,566 ft