Hereditary currently beats The Lighthouse 61–39
The Graham family's house edges out the keepers' tower.
The Verdict
Collette’s performance is the image Hereditary leaves behind — a body doing something no performance should require, in domestic spaces that should mean safety. That collision between the familiar and the impossible is Aster’s formal method, and it produces a specific kind of dread Eggers doesn’t attempt. The Lighthouse operates in a register that’s already alien: black and white, 1.19:1, two men screaming into weather. The strangeness is built in from frame one, which means there’s less distance to fall. Hereditary starts in a house that looks like yours. The violation, when it comes, violates something you recognise. Eggers’ film is extraordinary, but it violates a world that was never yours to begin with.
The Numbers
| Hereditary | The Lighthouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 61% | 39% |
| Overall Win Rate | 56% | 49% |
| Championships | 85 | 45 |
| Avg Decision | 2.8s | 3.5s |
| Budget | $10M | $11M |
| Box Office | $88M | $18M |
Where This Matchup Sits
BingeBracket tracks 40 films from the 2010s — Hereditary at #9, The Lighthouse is in the upper half.
Looking at shared opponents, neither film has any trouble with Midsommar. Both win that matchup comfortably on BingeBracket.
The championship record tells the same story: Hereditary has 85 tournament wins to The Lighthouse's 45. The pedigree gap matches the head-to-head gap.
Hereditary earned $88M at the box office while The Lighthouse made $18M. The bracket agrees — Hereditary wins the head-to-head, and the commercial gap holds.
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