← Apex Mountain

The Incredibles

2004 · directed by Brad Bird · 115 min
27,319 feet · Prominence
61st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 61st highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw80

Lifetime worldwide gross $631m, re-releases included; about $1.10bn in 2026 money.

Rank146 of 11,051In 20044 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards62 signal → +3 lift

Oscars2 won Animated Feature, Sound Editing2 nominated Original Screenplay, Sound
Golden Globes1 nominated Best Picture
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.

Legacy80

Judged directly: Beloved Pixar, endlessly quoted family favorite.

Verdict80 of 100IMDb8 from 892kWikipedia70k views a monthAge22 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 115 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 93 legacy 80averages 84, placing it at27,319 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

▲ Jason Lee▲ Spencer Fox

In these careers — elevation for this film

Holly Hunter19,745 ftCraig T. Nelson19,377 ftJason Lee18,998 ftSamuel L. Jackson18,630 ftElizabeth Peña18,125 ftSpencer Fox18,057 ftSarah Vowell18,030 ftLou Romano17,894 ftWallace Shawn17,656 ftBob Peterson17,638 ft