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Air Force One

1997 · directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 124 min
24,036 feet · Prominence
791st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

$315m worldwide in 1997 — $648m in today's money.

As released$315mIn 2026 money$648mRank410 of 8,589In 19975 of 182

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

Critics 70, awards 10. Half each, so Praise lands at 71.

Critics70 → 35Awards10 → 5

Oscars2 nominated Film Editing, Sound
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Get off my plane is still quoted.

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

Scored beside it · 973 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 73 praise 71 legacy 45averages 63, which places it at24,036 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

Harrison Ford22,678 ftGary Oldman22,191 ftGlenn Close21,940 ft