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My Cousin Vinny

1992 · directed by Jonathan Lynn · 119 min
24,690 feet · Prominence
569th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris

How this film scores

Draw58

$64m worldwide in 1992 — $151m in today's money.

As released$64mIn 2026 money$151mRank2,045 of 8,589In 199229 of 135

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Critics 77, awards 29. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics77 → 38Awards29 → 15

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Two yutes; genuinely cited by lawyers.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb7.6 from 156kWikipedia66k views a monthAge34 years

Scored beside it · 497 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 58 praise 80 legacy 60averages 66, which places it at24,690 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. Top billing: Ralph Macchio, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield.