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Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008 · directed by Guillermo del Toro · 120 min
22,582 feet · Prominence
1,849th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw63

Lifetime worldwide gross $160m, re-releases included; about $246m in 2026 money.

Rank1,405 of 11,051In 200845 of 300

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards5 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Makeup and Hairstyling
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Del Toro creature design, devoted cult.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7 from 297kWikipedia25k views a monthAge18 years

Scored beside it · 2,313 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 63 praise 82 legacy 32averages 59, placing it at22,582 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

▲ Ron Perlman▲ Selma Blair

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ron Perlman19,143 ftDoug Jones18,861 ftSelma Blair18,671 ftSeth MacFarlane18,144 ftJeffrey Tambor17,937 ftJohn Hurt17,657 ft