The Lighthouse currently dominates The Witch 73–27
The follow-up buries the debut — Eggers' range overwhelms his restraint.
The Verdict Director's Cut
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The Witch is an extraordinary debut, and nothing about this margin diminishes it. But The Lighthouse is where Eggers became Eggers — where period obsession met creative anarchy and produced something nobody else could have made. Pattinson's confession, Dafoe's fart jokes, the mermaid figurine, the tentacle: individually absurd, collectively devastating, held together by a directorial vision so specific it borders on insanity. The Witch's restraint produced admiration. The Lighthouse's abandon produced devotion. Devotion widens margins in a way admiration doesn't. The debut made Eggers worth watching. The follow-up made him worth following into whatever absurd historical nightmare he attempts next, and that's a different kind of allegiance entirely.
The Numbers
| The Witch | The Lighthouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 27% | 73% |
| Overall Win Rate | 56% | 53% |
| Championships | 11 | 26 |
| Budget | $4M | $11M |
| Box Office | $40M | $18M |
Where This Matchup Sits
BingeBracket has 33 films from the 2010s. The Witch sits at #6 and The Lighthouse at #10.
Looking at Robert Eggers's 3 films on BingeBracket, The Witch ranks #1 and The Lighthouse ranks #2.
Against shared opponents, Midsommar splits them: The Lighthouse wins that matchup comfortably, while The Witch can't get past it.
The championship record tells the same story: The Lighthouse has 26 tournament wins to The Witch's 11. The pedigree gap matches the head-to-head gap.
The Witch grossed $40M to The Lighthouse's $18M. The box office said one thing; bracket voters say another.
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