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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2012 · directed by Stephen Chbosky · 103 min · PG-13
23,119 feet · Prominence
1,336th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

Lifetime worldwide gross $33m, re-releases included; about $48m in 2026 money.

Rank4,333 of 11,051In 2012110 of 319

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Tunnel scene and 'infinite' endure with teens.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.9 from 595kWikipedia77k views a monthAge14 years

Scored beside it · 1,217 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 48 praise 76 legacy 48averages 57, placing it at23,119 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

▲ Logan Lerman▲ Ezra Miller

In these careers — elevation for this film

Logan Lerman19,806 ftEmma Watson19,034 ftEzra Miller18,909 ftMelanie Lynskey18,140 ftMae Whitman18,109 ftDylan McDermott17,900 ftPaul Rudd17,642 ftJoan Cusack17,638 ftJulia Garner17,637 ftNicholas Braun17,634 ft