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Mad Max

1979 · directed by George Miller · 91 min
25,631 feet · Prominence
317th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $100m, re-releases included; about $455m in 2026 money.

Rank713 of 11,051In 19798 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Founded the post-apocalyptic aesthetic and a franchise.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb6.8 from 244kWikipedia33k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 351 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 69 praise 81 legacy 68averages 73, placing it at25,631 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

▲ Hugh Keays-Byrne

In these careers — elevation for this film

Mel Gibson20,224 ftHugh Keays-Byrne18,170 ftJoanne Samuel18,166 ftSteve Bisley18,166 ft