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Burning

2018 · directed by Lee Chang-dong · 148 min
23,527 feet · Prominence
1,119th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw37

Lifetime worldwide gross $7m, re-releases included; about $9m in 2026 money.

Rank7,182 of 11,051In 2018177 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.

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics93 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.

Legacy47

Judged directly: Highly acclaimed, unlisted, modest traffic.

Verdict47 of 100IMDb7.4 from 85kWikipedia20k views a monthAge8 years

Scored beside it · 1,272 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 37 praise 93 legacy 47averages 59, placing it at23,527 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

Steven Yeun19,125 ft