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Maverick

1994 · directed by Richard Donner · 127 min
22,573 feet · Prominence
1,483rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

$183m worldwide in 1994 — $408m in today's money.

As released$183mIn 2026 money$408mRank794 of 8,589In 199415 of 155

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Critics 65, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 65.

Critics65 → 32Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Costume Design
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Genial Western comedy, faded.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7 from 126kWikipedia17k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 1,714 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 68 praise 65 legacy 32averages 55, which places it at22,573 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

Mel Gibson22,577 ftJodie Foster22,083 ft