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Zero Dark Thirty

2012 · directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 157 min
24,353 feet · Prominence
668th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

$133m worldwide in 2012 — $191m in today's money.

As released$133mIn 2026 money$191mRank1,710 of 8,589In 201251 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.

Praise95

Critics 93, awards 54. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics93 → 47Awards54 → 27

Oscars1 won Sound Editing4 nominated Picture, Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Torture debate faded with the news.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.4 from 341kWikipedia66k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 1,105 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 60 praise 95 legacy 42averages 66, which places it at24,353 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle.