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Taken

2008 · directed by Pierre Morel · 94 min · PG-13
24,114 feet · Prominence
822nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $227m, re-releases included; about $348m in 2026 money.

Rank970 of 11,051In 200828 of 300

How Draw works

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

Praise55

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics55 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: 'Particular set of skills' endlessly parodied.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.7 from 669kWikipedia55k views a monthAge18 years

Scored beside it · 433 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 55 legacy 65averages 62, placing it at24,114 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

Liam Neeson20,308 ftMaggie Grace18,342 ftFamke Janssen18,097 ftOlivier Rabourdin17,865 ftXander Berkeley17,637 ft