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Dave

1993 · directed by Ivan Reitman · 110 min
23,068 feet · Prominence
1,228th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Dave,’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins

How this film scores

Draw61

$92m worldwide in 1993 — $210m in today's money.

As released$92mIn 2026 money$210mRank1,593 of 8,589In 199324 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Critics 86, awards 21. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics86 → 43Awards21 → 11

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Political comfort comedy, faded.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb6.9 from 58kWikipedia13k views a monthAge33 years

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 61 praise 87 legacy 28averages 59, which places it at23,068 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

Sigourney Weaver22,028 ftArnold Schwarzenegger21,582 ft