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My Cousin Vinny

1992 · directed by Jonathan Lynn · 119 min
24,630 feet · Prominence
615th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $64m, re-releases included; about $151m in 2026 money.

Rank2,164 of 11,051In 199229 of 166

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards29 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Two yutes; genuinely cited by lawyers.

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

Scored beside it · 572 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 58 praise 80 legacy 60averages 66, placing it at24,630 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

▲ Mitchell Whitfield

In these careers — elevation for this film

Joe Pesci20,239 ftMarisa Tomei20,239 ftRalph Macchio18,678 ftBruce McGill17,826 ftMitchell Whitfield17,815 ftJames Rebhorn17,639 ft