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Pretty Woman

1990 · directed by Garry Marshall · 120 min
26,512 feet · Prominence
159th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Pretty Woman’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

How this film scores

Draw81

$463m worldwide in 1990 — $1.17bn in today's money.

As released$463mIn 2026 money$1.17bnRank126 of 8,589In 19903 of 129

How Draw works

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

Praise68

Critics 58, awards 47. Half each, so Praise lands at 68.

Critics58 → 29Awards47 → 23

Oscars1 nominated Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actress
BAFTAs1 nominated Film
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.

Legacy82

Judged directly: Iconic rom-com, endlessly referenced.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb7.1 from 401kWikipedia71k views a monthAge36 years

Scored beside it · 102 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 81 praise 68 legacy 82averages 77, which places it at26,512 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

Julia Roberts

In these careers — elevation for this film

Julia Roberts23,790 ft