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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971 · directed by Mel Stuart · 100 min
26,088 feet · Prominence
226th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 226th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $19m in 2026 money.

Rank6,051 of 11,051In 197130 of 40

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.

Critics76 baseAwards15 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Song Score
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy86

Judged directly: Registry, endlessly quoted and memed.

Verdict86 of 100IMDb7.8 from 244kWikipedia0k views a monthAge55 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 56 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 45 praise 77 legacy 86averages 69, placing it at26,088 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

▲ Peter Ostrum▲ Diana Sowle

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gene Wilder20,147 ftPeter Ostrum18,361 ftJack Albertson18,120 ftDiana Sowle17,719 ft