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The Hangover

2009 · directed by Todd Phillips · 100 min
25,901 feet · Prominence
260th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $469m, re-releases included; about $722m in 2026 money.

Rank345 of 11,051In 200910 of 312

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards31 signal → +4 lift

Golden Globes1 won Best Picture
BAFTAs1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy70

Judged directly: The Hangover reviewed.

Verdict70 of 100IMDb7.7 from 922kWikipedia55k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 299 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 75 praise 80 legacy 70averages 75, placing it at25,901 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

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