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How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014 · directed by Dean DeBlois · 102 min
25,545 feet · Prominence
340th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw77

$622m worldwide in 2014 — $867m in today's money.

As released$622mIn 2026 money$867mRank257 of 8,589In 201412 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 85, awards 19. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics85 → 42Awards19 → 10

Oscars1 nominated Animated Feature
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: Beloved sequel, less iconic alone.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.8 from 398kWikipedia0k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 610 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 77 praise 86 legacy 55averages 73, which places it at25,545 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

Cate Blanchett21,780 ft