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The Blind Side

2009 · directed by John Lee Hancock · 129 min
24,282 feet · Prominence
750th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $309m, re-releases included; about $476m in 2026 money.

Rank668 of 11,051In 200922 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.

Praise73

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics60 baseAwards67 signal → +13 lift

Oscars1 won Actress1 nominated Picture
Golden Globes1 won Lead acting
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Bullock Oscar, controversial but remembered.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.6 from 383kWikipedia58k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 794 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 70 praise 73 legacy 55averages 66, placing it at24,282 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

▲ Quinton Aaron▲ Jae Head

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sandra Bullock20,383 ftQuinton Aaron18,350 ftTim McGraw18,062 ftJae Head17,958 ftLily Collins17,922 ftKathy Bates17,665 ft