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The Wicker Man

1973 · directed by Robin Hardy · 93 min
25,292 feet · Prominence
412nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw35

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,551 of 11,051In 197344 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Folk horror's template, endlessly referenced.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.5 from 104kWikipedia51k views a monthAge53 years

Scored beside it · 271 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 35 praise 90 legacy 72averages 66, placing it at25,292 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

▲ Christopher Lee▲ Edward Woodward▲ Britt Ekland

In these careers — elevation for this film

Christopher Lee19,372 ftEdward Woodward19,244 ftBritt Ekland18,263 ftDiane Cilento18,086 ft