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Mamma Mia!

2008 · directed by Phyllida Lloyd · 108 min
24,056 feet · Prominence
852nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $610m, re-releases included; about $935m in 2026 money.

Rank225 of 11,051In 20085 of 300

How Draw works

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

Praise58

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics53 baseAwards23 signal → +5 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Global singalong phenomenon, revived ABBA.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb6.5 from 302kWikipedia75k views a monthAge18 years

Scored beside it · 686 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 78 praise 58 legacy 58averages 65, placing it at24,056 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

▲ Dominic Cooper

In these careers — elevation for this film

Meryl Streep19,937 ftAmanda Seyfried19,379 ftPierce Brosnan18,805 ftColin Firth18,485 ftJulie Walters18,472 ftStellan Skarsgård18,305 ftChristine Baranski18,241 ftDominic Cooper18,190 ft