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1998 · directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook · 88 min
25,569 feet · Prominence
333rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $304m, re-releases included; about $616m in 2026 money.

Rank452 of 11,051In 19987 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Make a Man Out of You is ubiquitous.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.7 from 343kWikipedia53k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 413 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 73 praise 82 legacy 65averages 73, placing it at25,569 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

▲ Ming-Na Wen▲ BD Wong

In these careers — elevation for this film

Eddie Murphy19,894 ftMing-Na Wen18,616 ftMiguel Ferrer18,253 ftBD Wong18,028 ftJames Hong17,934 ftPat Morita17,656 ftGedde Watanabe17,649 ftMiriam Margolyes17,646 ftGeorge Takei17,636 ftMary Kay Bergman17,636 ft