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Zero Dark Thirty

2012 · directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 157 min
24,019 feet · Prominence
871st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

Lifetime worldwide gross $133m, re-releases included; about $191m in 2026 money.

Rank1,796 of 11,051In 201252 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.

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics93 baseAwards83 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 won Sound Editing4 nominated Picture, Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Lead acting2 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay
BAFTAs5 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Lead acting, Screenplay, 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Torture debate faded with the news.

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

Scored beside it · 1,542 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 60 praise 96 legacy 42averages 66, placing it at24,019 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

▲ Jessica Chastain▲ Jennifer Ehle

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jessica Chastain20,151 ftJason Clarke18,605 ftJoel Edgerton18,349 ftJennifer Ehle18,225 ftKyle Chandler18,168 ftMark Strong18,151 ftJames Gandolfini18,021 ftEdgar Ramírez17,980 ftFrank Grillo17,655 ftMark Duplass17,654 ftChris Pratt17,648 ftScott Adkins17,645 ftStephen Dillane17,644 ftHarold Perrineau17,641 ftJeremy Strong17,639 ftSimon Abkarian17,637 ftHomayoun Ershadi17,629 ft