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The Farewell

2019 · directed by Lulu Wang · 100 min
24,082 feet · Prominence
840th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $23m, re-releases included; about $30m in 2026 money.

Rank5,256 of 11,051In 2019112 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.

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics93 baseAwards25 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 won Lead acting
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Highly acclaimed, thin footprint, no list.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.5 from 73kWikipedia12k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 1,039 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 45 praise 94 legacy 50averages 63, placing it at24,082 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

▲ Awkwafina▲ Zhao Shuzhen▲ Hong Lu▲ Hong Lin

In these careers — elevation for this film

Awkwafina19,875 ftZhao Shuzhen18,861 ftHong Lu17,916 ftHong Lin17,814 ft