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Big Hero 6

2014 · directed by Chris Williams and Don Hall · 102 min
24,902 feet · Prominence
519th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $658m, re-releases included; about $917m in 2026 money.

Rank237 of 11,051In 201411 of 348

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards41 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 won Animated Feature
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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Baymax has presence, film moderate.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.8 from 549kWikipedia47k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 898 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 78 praise 86 legacy 52averages 72, placing it at24,902 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

▲ Ryan Potter▲ Scott Adsit▲ Daniel Henney

In these careers — elevation for this film

Scott Adsit18,832 ftRyan Potter18,731 ftT.J. Miller18,461 ftJames Cromwell18,174 ftDaniel Henney18,056 ftMaya Rudolph17,654 ftAlan Tudyk17,650 ft