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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009 · directed by David Yates · 153 min
24,691 feet · Prominence
593rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw83

Lifetime worldwide gross $934m, re-releases included; about $1.44bn in 2026 money.

Rank78 of 11,051In 20092 of 312

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards7 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Cinematography
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Middle entry of a permanent franchise.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.6 from 654kWikipedia49k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 1,005 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 81 legacy 50averages 71, placing it at24,691 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

▲ Michael Gambon

In these careers — elevation for this film

Daniel Radcliffe19,941 ftAlan Rickman19,609 ftEmma Watson19,074 ftMichael Gambon19,031 ftJim Broadbent18,777 ftRupert Grint18,563 ftMaggie Smith17,668 ftHelena Bonham Carter17,667 ftTimothy Spall17,666 ftRobbie Coltrane17,658 ftJason Isaacs17,657 ftDavid Thewlis17,656 ftJulie Walters17,655 ftRalph Ineson17,649 ftGemma Jones17,640 ftHelen McCrory17,638 ft