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Waterworld

1995 · directed by Kevin Reynolds · 135 min
22,859 feet · Prominence
1,494th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $264m, re-releases included; about $572m in 2026 money.

Rank500 of 11,051In 19959 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise60

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics59 baseAwards7 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Sound
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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: Permanent byword for budget disaster.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.3 from 223kWikipedia57k views a monthAge31 years

Scored beside it · 1,439 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 72 praise 60 legacy 45averages 59, placing it at22,859 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

Kevin Costner19,554 ftDennis Hopper19,342 ftJeanne Tripplehorn18,210 ftJack Black17,664 ft