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Air Force One

1997 · directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 124 min
23,481 feet · Prominence
1,143rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $315m, re-releases included; about $648m in 2026 money.

Rank416 of 11,051In 19975 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise71

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 baseAwards10 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Film Editing, Sound
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Get off my plane is still quoted.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.5 from 222kWikipedia25k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 1,373 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 73 praise 71 legacy 45averages 63, placing it at23,481 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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