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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014 · directed by Peter Jackson · 144 min
24,245 feet · Prominence
709th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw82

$956m worldwide in 2014 — $1.33bn in today's money.

As released$956mIn 2026 money$1.33bnRank92 of 8,589In 20142 of 253

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

Critics 59, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 60.

Critics59 → 30Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Sound Editing
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Weakest Hobbit, franchise fatigue.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.4 from 617kWikipedia30k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 812 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 82 praise 60 legacy 50averages 64, which places it at24,245 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

Cate Blanchett21,688 ft