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Take Shelter

2011 · directed by Jeff Nichols · 120 min
22,762 feet · Prominence
1,553rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw34

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $5m in 2026 money.

Rank7,760 of 11,051In 2011198 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.

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 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. 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Acclaimed dread drama, quiet cultural presence.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.3 from 114kWikipedia19k views a monthAge15 years

Scored beside it · 1,622 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 34 praise 89 legacy 42averages 55, placing it at22,762 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

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