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A Simple Plan

1998
22,801 feet · Prominence
1,348th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

$16m worldwide in 1998 — $33m in today's money.

As released$16mIn 2026 money$33mRank4,457 of 8,589In 199892 of 165

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Critics 86, awards 23. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics86 → 43Awards23 → 12

Oscars2 nominated Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Admired Raimi thriller, modest footprint.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.5 from 84kWikipedia30k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,507 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 46 praise 88 legacy 35averages 56, which places it at22,801 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them.