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Dancer in the Dark

2000 · directed by Lars von Trier · 140 min · R
22,831 feet · Prominence
1,515th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $40m, re-releases included; about $77m in 2026 money.

Rank3,408 of 11,051In 200078 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise68

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics66 baseAwards11 signal → +2 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Actress
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: Bjork, Palme d'Or, notorious.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.9 from 122kWikipedia28k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 1,229 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 52 praise 68 legacy 48averages 56, placing it at22,831 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

Catherine Deneuve18,970 ftDavid Morse18,680 ftPeter Stormare18,074 ftJoel Grey17,831 ftJean-Marc Barr17,783 ftStellan Skarsgård17,651 ftUdo Kier17,636 ft