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The Dead Zone

1983 · directed by David Cronenberg · 103 min · R
23,119 feet · Prominence
1,337th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $69m in 2026 money.

Rank3,616 of 11,051In 198335 of 101

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: King-Cronenberg respected; spawned TV series.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.2 from 83kWikipedia27k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 1,409 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 51 praise 79 legacy 45averages 58, placing it at23,119 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

▲ Christopher Walken

In these careers — elevation for this film

Christopher Walken19,949 ftMartin Sheen18,659 ftBrooke Adams18,626 ftTom Skerritt18,247 ftHerbert Lom18,243 ftColleen Dewhurst17,825 ftPeter Dvorsky17,624 ft