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The Sweet Hereafter

1997
23,154 feet · Prominence
1,193rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

$8m worldwide in 1997 — $16m in today's money.

As released$8mIn 2026 money$16mRank5,406 of 8,589In 1997106 of 182

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Critics 95, awards 30. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics95 → 47Awards30 → 15

Oscars2 nominated Director, Adapted Screenplay
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Egoyan's admired grief drama.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.4 from 37kWikipedia9k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 1,367 of 3,430 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 41 praise 95 legacy 38averages 58, which places it at23,154 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them.