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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Gatekeeper Strong in semis, fades in finals
2011 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · David Fincher

At 38%, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is below average — but the pattern matters. It has strong rounds and weak rounds, and the weak ones tend to be the finals. Fincher's coldest film demands a level of engagement that not every voter brings to a bracket. Rooney Mara's Lisbeth Salander is unforgettable for those who stayed locked in. It sits near the bottom of David Fincher's 9 films on BingeBracket. At 1.6s average, voters make up their minds quickly — a gut preference rather than a weighed comparison.

Synopsis

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Round 1
40%
24/60
Semifinals
45.8%
Finals
9.1%
The ceiling

46% in the semis, 9% in finals. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo doesn't just struggle in the final — it barely registers. The round that should crown a champion exposes a film that isn't one.

Panic Room at 50% is as close to a dead heat as the platform produces. Every vote matters in this one. Against Se7en, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo wins only 20%. Some matchups simply don't go your way.

Closest Rival
Kryptonite
Se7en
80.0%

The path through Best of David Fincher always ends the same way for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: a final against Se7en, a 80% loss rate. So close and so consistent.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sits at #9 of David Fincher's 9 films. The filmography spans from Se7en (56%) down to Alien³ (39%).

Se7en 55.6%
Fight Club 53.9%
The Game 51.8%
Zodiac 49.5%
Gone Girl 45.8%
Panic Room 45.4%
Alien³ 38.7%
BingeBracket Record
38%
Win Rate
#39 of 42 in Thriller #23 of 29 from the 2010s #9 of 9 David Fincher films
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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Dead last in Best of David Fincher.

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Se7en #1
Gone Girl #2
The Game #3
Fight Club #4
Zodiac #5
The Social Network #6
Panic Room #7
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo #8
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