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How to Train Your Dragon

2010 · directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders · 98 min
25,869 feet · Prominence
271st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

$495m worldwide in 2010 — $749m in today's money.

As released$495mIn 2026 money$749mRank319 of 8,589In 201010 of 235

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Critics 87, awards 23. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics87 → 44Awards23 → 12

Oscars2 nominated Animated Feature, Original Score
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Toothless beloved, franchise still growing.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb8.1 from 883kWikipedia53k views a monthAge16 years

Scored beside it · 480 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 75 praise 89 legacy 60averages 75, which places it at25,869 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera.