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The King's Speech

2010 · directed by Tom Hooper · 118 min
24,890 feet · Prominence
525th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $414m, re-releases included; about $627m in 2026 money.

Rank437 of 11,051In 201013 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics91 baseAwards99 signal → +4 lift

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay8 nominated Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound
Golden Globes1 won Lead acting3 nominated Best Picture, Supporting acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs6 won Film, Lead acting, Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Craft and other2 nominated Directing, 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Best Picture winner, little lasting cultural presence.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb8 from 733kWikipedia0k views a monthAge16 years

Scored beside it · 1,125 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 73 praise 95 legacy 48averages 72, placing it at24,890 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

▲ Colin Firth▲ Geoffrey Rush

In these careers — elevation for this film

Colin Firth20,456 ftGeoffrey Rush20,456 ftHelena Bonham Carter19,338 ftGuy Pearce18,215 ftMichael Gambon18,206 ftTimothy Spall18,082 ftDerek Jacobi18,020 ftJennifer Ehle17,879 ft