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Whale Rider

2003
23,082 feet · Prominence
1,225th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$41m worldwide in 2003 — $74m in today's money.

As released$41mIn 2026 money$74mRank3,146 of 8,589In 200389 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Critics 86, awards 20. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics86 → 43Awards20 → 10

Oscars1 nominated Actress
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Indigenous cinema milestone, quiet since.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.5 from 44kWikipedia14k views a monthAge23 years

Scored beside it · 1,493 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 52 praise 87 legacy 35averages 58, which places it at23,082 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.