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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017 · directed by Martin McDonagh · 115 min
25,269 feet · Prominence
420th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $163m, re-releases included; about $219m in 2026 money.

Rank1,581 of 11,051In 201751 of 325

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards97 signal → +5 lift

Oscars2 won Actress, Supporting Actor4 nominated Picture, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Score
Golden Globes4 won Motion Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay1 nominated Screenplay
BAFTAs4 won Film, Actress, Actor, Screenplay3 nominated Directing, Supporting acting, Craft and other
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: 90th pct, MC88; the billboards image recurs.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb8.1 from 602kWikipedia93k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 611 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 62 praise 94 legacy 58averages 71, placing it at25,269 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

▲ Sam Rockwell

In these careers — elevation for this film

Frances McDormand20,357 ftSam Rockwell20,357 ftWoody Harrelson19,955 ftLucas Hedges18,168 ftCaleb Landry Jones18,014 ftAbbie Cornish17,943 ftPeter Dinklage17,661 ftJohn Hawkes17,657 ftSamara Weaving17,655 ftKathryn Newton17,651 ftKerry Condon17,648 ftNick Searcy17,632 ft