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The Lighthouse

2019 · directed by Robert Eggers · 109 min
24,491 feet · Prominence
660th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $18m, re-releases included; about $24m in 2026 money.

Rank5,674 of 11,051In 2019119 of 280

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards7 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Cinematography
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: 82nd pct; extremely meme-productive cult object.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb7.4 from 301kWikipedia67k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 577 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 43 praise 87 legacy 60averages 63, placing it at24,491 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

▲ Valeriia Karaman▲ Logan Hawkes

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robert Pattinson19,950 ftWillem Dafoe19,950 ftValeriia Karaman17,710 ftLogan Hawkes17,652 ft