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Watership Down

1978 · directed by Martin Rosen · 92 min · PG
23,802 feet · Prominence
969th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw42

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $19m in 2026 money.

Rank6,083 of 11,051In 197855 of 58

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Traumatized generations; 'Bright Eyes' endures.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb7.5 from 42kWikipedia20k views a monthAge48 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 591 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 42 praise 74 legacy 60averages 59, placing it at23,802 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

▲ Michael Graham Cox▲ John Bennett

In these careers — elevation for this film

John Hurt19,546 ftMichael Graham Cox18,505 ftRichard Briers18,489 ftRalph Richardson17,915 ftJohn Bennett17,875 ftDenholm Elliott17,644 ftNigel Hawthorne17,639 ftJoss Ackland17,635 ftHarry Andrews17,630 ftZero Mostel17,625 ft