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Happiness

1998 · directed by Todd Solondz · 140 min
22,627 feet · Prominence
1,465th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw34

$3m worldwide in 1998 — $6m in today's money.

As released$3mIn 2026 money$6mRank6,415 of 8,589In 1998133 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.

Praise83

Critics 83, awards 6. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics83 → 41Awards6 → 3

Golden Globes1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Notorious transgressive indie, discussed not watched.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.7 from 79kWikipedia34k views a monthAge28 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,063 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 34 praise 83 legacy 45averages 54, which places it at22,627 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

Philip Seymour Hoffman21,795 ft