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Silver Linings Playbook

2012 · directed by David O. Russell · 122 min
25,091 feet · Prominence
471st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $236m, re-releases included; about $340m in 2026 money.

Rank997 of 11,051In 201232 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.

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards93 signal → +6 lift

Oscars1 won Actress7 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Actress3 nominated Motion Picture, Actor, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Adapted Screenplay2 nominated Actor, Actress
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Popular romance, fading from culture.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.7 from 771kWikipedia51k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 745 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 66 praise 93 legacy 55averages 71, placing it at25,091 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

Bradley Cooper20,399 ftJennifer Lawrence20,399 ftRobert De Niro19,366 ftJacki Weaver18,361 ftChris Tucker18,125 ftJulia Stiles18,026 ftShea Whigham17,934 ftJohn Ortiz17,637 ftDash Mihok17,634 ft