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Wonder Boys

2000 · directed by Curtis Hanson · 107 min
22,540 feet · Prominence
1,496th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

$33m worldwide in 2000 — $64m in today's money.

As released$33mIn 2026 money$64mRank3,386 of 8,589In 200085 of 172

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Critics 78, awards 26. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics78 → 39Awards26 → 13

Oscars2 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Screenplay
BAFTAs1 nominated Adapted 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.

Legacy33

Judged directly: Small cult, Dylan Oscar song.

Verdict33 of 100IMDb7.2 from 69kWikipedia14k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 1,651 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 51 praise 80 legacy 33averages 55, which places it at22,540 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

Michael Douglas22,452 ftRobert Downey Jr21,758 ftFrances McDormand21,700 ft