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1981 · directed by David Cronenberg · 103 min
23,418 feet · Prominence
1,173rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $14m, re-releases included; about $52m in 2026 money.

Rank4,186 of 11,051In 198148 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.

Praise65

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics65 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.

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 · 704 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 49 praise 65 legacy 58averages 57, placing it at23,418 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

▲ Patrick McGoohan▲ Jennifer O'Neill

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Ironside19,263 ftPatrick McGoohan18,398 ftJennifer O'Neill18,157 ft