
$790m worldwide in 2004 — $1.38bn in today's money.
As released$790mIn 2026 money$1.38bnRank85 of 8,589In 20042 of 209
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 86, awards 10. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.
Critics86 → 43Awards10 → 5
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.
Judged directly: Fan-favorite Potter installment.
Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.9 from 761kWikipedia53k views a monthAge22 years
If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.
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.
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.