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Wake in Fright

1971 · directed by Ted Kotcheff · 109 min
23,136 feet · Prominence
1,326th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw31

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $3m in 2026 money.

Rank8,387 of 11,051In 197137 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.

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics91 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.

Legacy46

Judged directly: Restored Australian landmark, narrow audience.

Verdict46 of 100IMDb7.5 from 15kWikipedia13k views a monthAge55 years

Scored beside it · 1,306 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 31 praise 91 legacy 46averages 56, placing it at23,136 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

Donald Pleasence19,067 ftJack Thompson18,101 ftJohn Meillon17,852 ft