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Beasts of the Southern Wild

2012 · directed by Benh Zeitlin · 93 min
22,688 feet · Prominence
1,423rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

$21m worldwide in 2012 — $30m in today's money.

As released$21mIn 2026 money$30mRank4,581 of 8,589In 2012116 of 244

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Critics 87, awards 59. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics87 → 43Awards59 → 30

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Director, Actress, Adapted Screenplay
BAFTAs1 nominated Adapted 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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Sundance sensation that cooled quickly.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.2 from 87kWikipedia9k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 1,706 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 91 legacy 32averages 56, which places it at22,688 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: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana.