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On the Basis of Sex

2018 · directed by Mimi Leder · 120 min
22,790 feet · Prominence
1,534th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $39m, re-releases included; about $51m in 2026 money.

Rank4,223 of 11,051In 2018100 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise66

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics66 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.

Legacy50

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb7.1 from 41kWikipedia20k views a monthAge8 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 49 praise 66 legacy 50averages 55, placing it at22,790 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.

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