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1981 · directed by David Cronenberg · 103 min
23,352 feet · Prominence
1,098th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

$14m worldwide in 1981 — $52m in today's money.

As released$14mIn 2026 money$52mRank3,736 of 8,589In 198141 of 76

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Critics 65, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 65.

Critics65 → 32Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Exploding head referenced and parodied constantly.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb6.7 from 66kWikipedia20k views a monthAge45 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 595 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 49 praise 65 legacy 58averages 57, which places it at23,352 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: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan.