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Brave

2012 · directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman · 93 min
24,308 feet · Prominence
684th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

$539m worldwide in 2012 — $775m in today's money.

As released$539mIn 2026 money$775mRank301 of 8,589In 201213 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.

Praise79

Critics 74, awards 41. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics74 → 37Awards41 → 21

Oscars1 won Animated Feature
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Lesser Pixar, Merida survives as princess.

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

Scored beside it · 1,106 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 75 praise 79 legacy 42averages 65, which places it at24,308 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters.