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The Death of Stalin

2017 · directed by Armando Iannucci · 107 min
24,232 feet · Prominence
773rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

Lifetime worldwide gross $25m, re-releases included; about $33m in 2026 money.

Rank5,070 of 11,051In 2017123 of 325

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 baseAwards6 signal → +0 lift

BAFTAs1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy53

Judged directly: Quoted satire, above-median traffic, unlisted.

Verdict53 of 100IMDb7.3 from 125kWikipedia50k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 891 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 46 praise 91 legacy 53averages 63, placing it at24,232 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

▲ Simon Russell Beale▲ Jeffrey Tambor

In these careers — elevation for this film

Steve Buscemi19,449 ftSimon Russell Beale18,976 ftJason Isaacs18,657 ftMichael Palin18,456 ftJeffrey Tambor18,426 ftAndrea Riseborough18,261 ftRupert Friend18,216 ftOlga Kurylenko17,645 ftPaddy Considine17,644 ft