How this film scores
$1.00bn worldwide in 2008 — $1.54bn in today's money.
As released$1.00bnIn 2026 money$1.54bnRank57 of 8,589In 20081 of 224
How Draw works
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 90, awards 67. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.
Critics90 → 45Awards67 → 34
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.
Judged directly: Ledger's Joker, genre-defining, endlessly referenced.
Verdict92 of 100IMDb9.1 from 3.2mWikipedia139k views a monthAge18 years
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.
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.