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A League of Their Own

1992 · directed by Penny Marshall · 128 min
25,092 feet · Prominence
470th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw65

Lifetime worldwide gross $132m, re-releases included; about $312m in 2026 money.

Rank1,102 of 11,051In 199219 of 166

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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: No crying in baseball is universally quoted.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.4 from 130kWikipedia44k views a monthAge34 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 422 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 65 praise 77 legacy 65averages 69, placing it at25,092 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

Geena Davis20,009 ftTom Hanks19,820 ftLori Petty18,837 ftMadonna18,528 ftRosie O'Donnell18,345 ftBill Pullman17,660 ftDavid Strathairn17,655 ftTéa Leoni17,653 ftGarry Marshall17,648 ftHarry Shearer17,645 ftMark Holton17,630 ft