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Armageddon

1998 · directed by Michael Bay · 151 min
23,275 feet · Prominence
1,243rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw80

Lifetime worldwide gross $554m, re-releases included; about $1.12bn in 2026 money.

Rank141 of 11,051In 19981 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise46

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics42 baseAwards14 signal → +4 lift

Oscars3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Criterion oddity, Aerosmith song inescapable.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb6.7 from 477kWikipedia61k views a monthAge28 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 855 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 80 praise 46 legacy 55averages 60, placing it at23,275 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

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