Is Empire actually good?

Empire sits in the 35.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 35.1% of them.

How does Empire compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Empire lands in the 38.8% 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 Empire's score based on?

34 calibrated reviewers stand behind Empire's score.

2002

global pct

35.1

Film · 2002 · Films · 2000s

Empire

Name: Empire
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2002

Scored from 34 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

35.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

38.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

29.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

34 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Empire (2002) is a film IMDb files under the crime, drama and thriller genres.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. Only 34 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 36 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.