
$4m worldwide in 1994 — $9m in today's money.
As released$4mIn 2026 money$9mRank5,987 of 8,589In 1994119 of 155
Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.
Critics 100, awards 34. Half each, so Praise lands at 100.
Critics100 → 50Awards34 → 17
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.
Judged directly: Criterion, Kieslowski, permanent arthouse canon.
Verdict68 of 100IMDb8.1 from 116kWikipedia7k views a monthAge32 years
If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.
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.
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.
No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit.