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Past Lives

2023 · directed by Celine Song · 106 min
23,362 feet · Prominence
1,088th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

$28m worldwide in 2023 — $30m in today's money.

As released$28mIn 2026 money$30mRank4,570 of 8,589In 202367 of 163

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Critics 95, awards 31. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics95 → 47Awards31 → 16

Oscars2 nominated Picture, Original Screenplay
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Recent acclaim, 'in-yun' discourse.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.8 from 172kWikipedia65k views a monthAge3 years

Scored beside it · 1,355 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 45 praise 95 legacy 38averages 59, which places it at23,362 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: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah.