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Silver Linings Playbook

2012 · directed by David O. Russell · 122 min
25,354 feet · Prominence
384th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Silver Linings Playbook’ With Chris Ryan, Andy Greenwald, and Zach Baron

How this film scores

Draw66

$236m worldwide in 2012 — $340m in today's money.

As released$236mIn 2026 money$340mRank965 of 8,589In 201232 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.

Praise93

Critics 87, awards 93. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics87 → 43Awards93 → 47

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

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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Popular romance, fading from culture.

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

Scored beside it · 615 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 66 praise 93 legacy 55averages 71, which places it at25,354 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 Cooper22,763 ftJennifer Lawrence22,763 ftRobert De Niro22,097 ft