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The Tin Drum

1979 · directed by Volker Schlöndorff · 162 min
23,736 feet · Prominence
911st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$17m worldwide in 1979 — $77m in today's money.

As released$17mIn 2026 money$77mRank3,088 of 8,589In 197940 of 61

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Critics 74, awards 27. Half each, so Praise lands at 77.

Critics74 → 37Awards27 → 13

Oscars1 won International Feature Film
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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Palme and Oscar winner, Criterion.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.4 from 27kWikipedia23k views a monthAge47 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 760 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 52 praise 77 legacy 52averages 60, which places it at23,736 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach.