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Bad Santa

2003 · directed by Terry Zwigoff · 92 min · R
23,139 feet · Prominence
1,321st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw57

Lifetime worldwide gross $77m, re-releases included; about $137m in 2026 money.

Rank2,336 of 11,051In 200369 of 227

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Anti-Christmas staple, endlessly quoted.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7 from 166kWikipedia28k views a monthAge23 years

Scored beside it · 1,407 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 57 praise 75 legacy 45averages 59, placing it at23,139 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

▲ Billy Bob Thornton

In these careers — elevation for this film

Billy Bob Thornton20,048 ftJohn Ritter18,101 ftOctavia Spencer17,656 ftSarah Silverman17,648 ftCloris Leachman17,647 ft