There Will Be Blood

2007 · directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 158 min

26,902 feet · Prominence

108th of 24,106 films scored

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How this film scores

Draw56

Lifetime worldwide gross $77m, re-releases included; about $123m in 2026 money.

Rank2,519 of 11,051In 200770 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.

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards92 signal → +4 lift

Oscars2 won Actor, Cinematography6 nominated Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Film Editing, Sound Editing

Golden Globes1 won Lead acting1 nominated Best Picture

BAFTAs1 won Lead acting5 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Actor, Screenplay, 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.

Legacy82

Judged directly: There Will Be Blood reviewed.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb8.2 from 701kWikipedia181k views a monthAge19 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 98 of 4,039 films judged

82Spider-Man (2002)

82Night of the Living Dead (1968)

82The Jungle Book (1967)

82Dirty Harry (1971)

82Braveheart (1995)

82Batman (1989)

82There Will Be Blood (2007)

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 56 praise 96 legacy 82averages 78, placing it at26,902 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

Daniel Day-Lewis20,449 ft Paul Dano19,752 ft Kevin J. O'Connor18,172 ft Ciarán Hinds18,149 ft