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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013 · directed by Peter Jackson · 161 min
24,431 feet · Prominence
689th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw83

Lifetime worldwide gross $958m, re-releases included; about $1.36bn in 2026 money.

Rank93 of 11,051In 20134 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise72

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 baseAwards16 signal → +2 lift

Oscars3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs1 nominated 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Middle Hobbit film, franchise fatigue.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.8 from 753kWikipedia32k views a monthAge13 years

Scored beside it · 919 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 83 praise 72 legacy 52averages 69, placing it at24,431 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

▲ Martin Freeman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Martin Freeman19,366 ftIan McKellen19,103 ftBenedict Cumberbatch18,972 ftLuke Evans18,511 ftRichard Armitage18,465 ftOrlando Bloom18,277 ftEvangeline Lilly18,192 ftLee Pace17,994 ftCate Blanchett17,658 ftStephen Fry17,652 ftJames Nesbitt17,646 ftKen Stott17,638 ftTerry Notary17,636 ft