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Brave

2012 · directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman · 93 min
23,676 feet · Prominence
1,035th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $539m, re-releases included; about $775m in 2026 money.

Rank307 of 11,051In 201213 of 319

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards41 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Animated Feature
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Lesser Pixar, Merida survives as princess.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.1 from 476kWikipedia43k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 1,553 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 75 praise 79 legacy 42averages 65, placing it at23,676 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

▲ Billy Connolly

In these careers — elevation for this film

Emma Thompson19,151 ftKelly Macdonald19,103 ftBilly Connolly18,865 ftJulie Walters18,034 ftRobbie Coltrane17,875 ftCraig Ferguson17,864 ftKevin McKidd17,803 ft