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Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975 · directed by Peter Weir · 107 min
24,173 feet · Prominence
793rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $31m in 2026 money.

Rank5,157 of 11,051In 197531 of 43

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards6 signal → +0 lift

BAFTAs1 won Cinematography
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Australian landmark, huge aesthetic influence.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.4 from 44kWikipedia26k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 805 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 45 praise 87 legacy 55averages 62, placing it at24,173 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Rachel Roberts▲ Kirsty Child

In these careers — elevation for this film

Rachel Roberts18,399 ftHelen Morse18,100 ftVivean Gray17,972 ftJacki Weaver17,970 ftKirsty Child17,874 ft