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1980 · directed by Ken Russell · 103 min
23,092 feet · Prominence
1,221st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$20m worldwide in 1980 — $80m in today's money.

As released$20mIn 2026 money$80mRank3,050 of 8,589In 198032 of 75

How Draw works

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

Praise74

Critics 73, awards 10. Half each, so Praise lands at 74.

Critics73 → 36Awards10 → 5

Oscars2 nominated Original Score, Sound
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Criterion, hallucinatory imagery still borrowed.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.9 from 41kWikipedia18k views a monthAge46 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,043 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 74 legacy 45averages 57, which places it at23,092 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. Top billing: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid.