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James and the Giant Peach

1996 · directed by Henry Selick · 79 min · PG
22,957 feet · Prominence
1,431st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

Lifetime worldwide gross $29m, re-releases included; about $61m in 2026 money.

Rank3,858 of 11,051In 199671 of 191

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards5 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Musical or Comedy Score
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Selick-Dahl stop-motion, modest generational affection.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb6.7 from 78kWikipedia28k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,760 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 50 praise 85 legacy 40averages 58, placing it at22,957 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

▲ Miriam Margolyes▲ Simon Callow

In these careers — elevation for this film

Richard Dreyfuss18,879 ftSusan Sarandon18,588 ftMiriam Margolyes18,342 ftSimon Callow18,154 ftPete Postlethwaite18,137 ftDavid Thewlis17,643 ft