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The Waterboy

1998 · directed by Frank Coraci · 90 min
21,657 feet · Prominence
1,817th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw67

$186m worldwide in 1998 — $377m in today's money.

As released$186mIn 2026 money$377mRank859 of 8,589In 199821 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.

Praise37

Critics 37, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 37.

Critics37 → 18Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Sandler quotable, 'you can do it'.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.2 from 190kWikipedia29k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,205 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 67 praise 37 legacy 42averages 49, which places it at21,657 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

Adam Sandler22,291 ft