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The Dark Knight Rises

2012 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 165 min
26,353 feet · Prominence
185th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 185th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw84

$1.08bn worldwide in 2012 — $1.55bn in today's money.

As released$1.08bnIn 2026 money$1.55bnRank54 of 8,589In 20123 of 244

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 83, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics83 → 41Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy66

Judged directly: The Dark Knight Rises reviewed.

Verdict66 of 100IMDb8.4 from 2.0mWikipedia118k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 352 of 3,430 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 84 praise 83 legacy 66averages 78, which places it at26,353 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

Christian Bale22,722 ftTom Hardy22,390 ftAnne Hathaway22,255 ftGary Oldman21,982 ftMorgan Freeman21,858 ftMichael Caine21,818 ft