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Happy Feet

2006 · directed by George Miller · 108 min
23,570 feet · Prominence
1,095th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $384m, re-releases included; about $629m in 2026 money.

Rank433 of 11,051In 200610 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards43 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Animated Feature
BAFTAs1 nominated 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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Huge dancing-penguin hit, quickly faded.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb6.4 from 213kWikipedia31k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 1,728 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 73 praise 82 legacy 40averages 65, placing it at23,570 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.

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