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Blow-Up

1966 · directed by Michelangelo Antonioni · 111 min
23,524 feet · Prominence
1,122nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

Lifetime worldwide gross $20m, re-releases included; about $204m in 2026 money.

Rank1,700 of 11,051In 19668 of 34

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards40 signal → +3 lift

Oscars2 nominated Director, Original Screenplay
BAFTAs2 nominated British Film, 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Swinging-London landmark, endlessly homaged premise.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.4 from 72kWikipedia16k views a monthAge60 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 440 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 0 praise 88 legacy 65averages 51, placing it at23,524 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

David Hemmings18,362 ftVanessa Redgrave18,167 ftSarah Miles17,744 ft