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The Last Wave

1977 · directed by Peter Weir · 106 min
22,568 feet · Prominence
1,872nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $12m in 2026 money.

Rank6,804 of 11,051In 197740 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Criterion Weir, obscure today.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.9 from 12kWikipedia6k views a monthAge49 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,645 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 39 praise 82 legacy 42averages 54, placing it at22,568 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

▲ Richard Chamberlain▲ David Gulpilil▲ Vivean Gray

In these careers — elevation for this film

Richard Chamberlain19,248 ftDavid Gulpilil18,397 ftVivean Gray17,740 ft