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The Hurt Locker

2008 · directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 131 min
25,116 feet · Prominence
457th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $49m, re-releases included; about $76m in 2026 money.

Rank3,442 of 11,051In 2008100 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.

Praise98

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics96 baseAwards97 signal → +2 lift

Oscars6 won Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing3 nominated Actor, Cinematography, Original Score
Golden Globes1 nominated Best Picture
BAFTAs5 won Film, Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing2 nominated Actor, 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: First female Best Director, modest footprint.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.5 from 496kWikipedia47k views a monthAge18 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 621 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 52 praise 98 legacy 58averages 69, placing it at25,116 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

▲ Brian Geraghty

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jeremy Renner20,168 ftAnthony Mackie18,990 ftBrian Geraghty18,239 ftRalph Fiennes17,980 ftGuy Pearce17,968 ftDavid Morse17,913 ftEvangeline Lilly17,823 ft