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Withnail & I

1987 · directed by Bruce Robinson · 108 min
24,024 feet · Prominence
867th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw33

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $4m in 2026 money.

Rank7,986 of 11,051In 1987127 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise84

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 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: Vast British cult; quoted, drinking game.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb7.5 from 51kWikipedia22k views a monthAge39 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 587 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 33 praise 84 legacy 60averages 59, placing it at24,024 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

Richard E. Grant19,703 ftPaul McGann18,536 ftRichard Griffiths18,333 ftRalph Brown17,965 ft