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The Lighthouse

2019 · directed by Robert Eggers · 109 min
23,300 feet · Prominence
1,121st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

$18m worldwide in 2019 — $24m in today's money.

As released$18mIn 2026 money$24mRank4,935 of 8,589In 2019100 of 199

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

Critics 87, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics87 → 43Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Cinematography
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Strong cult, heavy meme circulation.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.4 from 301kWikipedia67k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 1,031 of 3,430 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 45averages 58, which places it at23,300 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

Willem Dafoe21,889 ft