Is Battle of the Worlds actually good?

Battle of the Worlds sits in the 5.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 5.3% of them.

How does Battle of the Worlds compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Battle of the Worlds lands in the 4.6% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Battle of the Worlds's score based on?

34 calibrated reviewers stand behind Battle of the Worlds's score.

1961

global pct

5.3

Film · 1961 · Films · 1960s

Battle of the Worlds

Name: Battle of the Worlds
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Released: 1961

Scored from 34 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

5.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

4.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

5.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

34 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1961, Battle of the Worlds is a horror and science-fiction film.

Only 34 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 34 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1960s films — 1,929 of them. A second review pool sits behind it as well: 2 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately.

Is Battle of the Worlds (1961) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 34
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1960s

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