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Seven Years in Tibet

1997 · directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 136 min
21,533 feet · Prominence
1,863rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

$131m worldwide in 1997 — $270m in today's money.

As released$131mIn 2026 money$270mRank1,231 of 8,589In 199730 of 182

How Draw works

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

Praise56

Critics 56, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 56.

Critics56 → 28Awards0 → 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.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Pitt Himalayan epic, faded.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb7.1 from 167kWikipedia22k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 2,088 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 64 praise 56 legacy 28averages 49, which places it at21,533 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

Brad Pitt22,561 ft