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Mad Max 2

1981 · directed by George Miller · 96 min
26,073 feet · Prominence
231st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 231st highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $25m, re-releases included; about $89m in 2026 money.

Rank3,157 of 11,051In 198134 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Post-apocalyptic aesthetic endlessly imitated since.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.6 from 212kWikipedia24k views a monthAge45 years

Scored beside it · 167 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 53 praise 85 legacy 78averages 72, placing it at26,073 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

Mel Gibson19,888 ftBruce Spence17,934 ftMichael Preston17,902 ftMax Phipps17,851 ft