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The Santa Clause

1994 · directed by John Pasquin · 97 min
23,239 feet · Prominence
1,267th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $190m, re-releases included; about $423m in 2026 money.

Rank774 of 11,051In 199414 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise65

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics65 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Christmas perennial, spawned sequels and series.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.6 from 147kWikipedia33k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 1,207 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 65 legacy 48averages 60, placing it at23,239 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

▲ Wendy Crewson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tim Allen19,973 ftJudge Reinhold18,202 ftWendy Crewson18,122 ftEric Lloyd18,060 ftPeter Boyle17,653 ft