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Possession

1981 · directed by Andrzej Żuławski · 124 min
24,040 feet · Prominence
862nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw33

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $4m in 2026 money.

Rank8,030 of 11,051In 198183 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Massive cult revival, Sight & Sound listed.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.2 from 56kWikipedia49k views a monthAge45 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 526 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 81 legacy 62averages 59, placing it at24,040 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

▲ Isabelle Adjani▲ Heinz Bennent

In these careers — elevation for this film

Isabelle Adjani19,707 ftSam Neill19,415 ftHeinz Bennent17,842 ftMargit Carstensen17,839 ftCarl Duering17,678 ft