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The Tin Drum

1979 · directed by Volker Schlöndorff · 162 min
23,647 feet · Prominence
1,051st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $17m, re-releases included; about $77m in 2026 money.

Rank3,401 of 11,051In 197942 of 64

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards27 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 won International Feature Film
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.

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 · 958 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 52 praise 77 legacy 52averages 60, placing it at23,647 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

▲ Mario Adorf▲ Angela Winkler

In these careers — elevation for this film

Mario Adorf18,505 ftAngela Winkler18,458 ftOtto Sander17,632 ftHeinz Bennent17,626 ft