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The Odd Couple

1968 · directed by Gene Saks · 106 min
25,713 feet · Prominence
299th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $45m, re-releases included; about $422m in 2026 money.

Rank775 of 11,051In 19684 of 45

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards47 signal → +2 lift

Oscars2 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Defined an archetype, spawned enduring sitcom.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.6 from 40kWikipedia11k views a monthAge58 years

Scored beside it · 456 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 68 praise 94 legacy 62averages 75, placing it at25,713 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

▲ Jack Lemmon▲ Herb Edelman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jack Lemmon20,236 ftWalter Matthau19,969 ftJohn Fiedler17,965 ftHerb Edelman17,863 ftMonica Evans17,797 ft