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The Changeling

1980 · directed by Peter Medak · 107 min
23,196 feet · Prominence
1,289th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

Lifetime worldwide gross $12m, re-releases included; about $48m in 2026 money.

Rank4,328 of 11,051In 198047 of 84

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Enduring haunted-house cult favorite, unlisted.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.1 from 42kWikipedia17k views a monthAge46 years

Scored beside it · 1,208 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 48 praise 77 legacy 48averages 58, placing it at23,196 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

▲ George C. Scott

In these careers — elevation for this film

George C. Scott19,860 ftMelvyn Douglas18,212 ftKyle MacLachlan17,650 ft