← Apex Mountain

The Brutalist

2024 · directed by Brady Corbet · 215 min
24,943 feet · Prominence
509th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $50m, re-releases included; about $53m in 2026 money.

Rank4,141 of 11,051In 202460 of 262

How Draw works

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

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards98 signal → +4 lift

Oscars3 won Actor, Cinematography, Original Score7 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Production Design, Film Editing
Golden Globes3 won Motion Picture, Director, Actor3 nominated Supporting acting, Screenplay, Craft and other
BAFTAs4 won Direction, Lead acting, Cinematography, Original Music3 nominated Film, Supporting acting, 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: MC91; VistaVision revival discourse, Brody Oscar.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.2 from 136kWikipedia136k views a monthAge2 years

Scored beside it · 635 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 49 praise 96 legacy 58averages 68, placing it at24,943 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

▲ Guy Pearce▲ Joe Alwyn

In these careers — elevation for this film

Adrien Brody20,097 ftGuy Pearce20,052 ftFelicity Jones19,033 ftBrady Corbet18,810 ftAlessandro Nivola18,111 ftJoe Alwyn18,085 ftRaffey Cassidy18,054 ftStacy Martin17,919 ft