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Hocus Pocus

1993 · directed by Kenny Ortega · 96 min
23,128 feet · Prominence
1,330th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw56

Lifetime worldwide gross $52m, re-releases included; about $118m in 2026 money.

Rank2,623 of 11,051In 199342 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise43

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics43 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Halloween-season institution, grew enormously.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb6.9 from 171kWikipedia48k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 441 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 56 praise 43 legacy 65averages 55, placing it at23,128 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

▲ Bette Midler▲ Kathy Najimy

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bette Midler20,045 ftSarah Jessica Parker19,018 ftThora Birch18,463 ftKathy Najimy18,264 ftVinessa Shaw18,096 ftDoug Jones17,649 ftGarry Marshall17,642 ft