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Melancholia

2011 · directed by Lars von Trier · 136 min
23,769 feet · Prominence
990th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $16m, re-releases included; about $23m in 2026 money.

Rank5,693 of 11,051In 2011146 of 304

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Sight & Sound listed, iconic imagery.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.1 from 206kWikipedia41k views a monthAge15 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 836 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 81 legacy 55averages 60, placing it at23,769 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

Kirsten Dunst19,885 ftCharlotte Gainsbourg19,298 ftKiefer Sutherland18,482 ftAlexander Skarsgård18,110 ftStellan Skarsgård17,903 ftJohn Hurt17,857 ftBrady Corbet17,788 ftCharlotte Rampling17,637 ftUdo Kier17,635 ft