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Flight

2012 · directed by Robert Zemeckis · 138 min
22,890 feet · Prominence
1,312nd of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw62

$162m worldwide in 2012 — $233m in today's money.

As released$162mIn 2026 money$233mRank1,441 of 8,589In 201245 of 244

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Critics 77, awards 30. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics77 → 38Awards30 → 15

Oscars2 nominated Actor, Original Screenplay
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.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Washington's crash scene, film faded.

Verdict30 of 100IMDb7.3 from 395kWikipedia73k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 1,848 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 62 praise 80 legacy 30averages 57, which places it at22,890 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

Denzel Washington22,607 ft