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Kung Fu Panda

2008 · directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson · 90 min
25,811 feet · Prominence
277th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $632m, re-releases included; about $969m in 2026 money.

Rank205 of 11,051In 20083 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.

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards19 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Animated Feature
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.

Legacy66

Judged directly: Beloved animated franchise starter.

Verdict66 of 100IMDb7.6 from 575kWikipedia32k views a monthAge18 years

Scored beside it · 393 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 78 praise 82 legacy 66averages 75, placing it at25,811 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Jack Black▲ Ian McShane

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jack Black20,586 ftDustin Hoffman19,518 ftIan McShane18,655 ftAngelina Jolie18,562 ftSeth Rogen18,107 ftLucy Liu18,055 ftJackie Chan17,672 ftDan Fogler17,652 ftMichael Clarke Duncan17,650 ftJames Hong17,644 ftWayne Knight17,639 ft