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The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984 · directed by Frank Oz · 94 min
22,547 feet · Prominence
1,913rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $26m, re-releases included; about $81m in 2026 money.

Rank3,313 of 11,051In 198437 of 112

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Song Score
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Muppet canon, birthed Muppet Babies.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb6.8 from 24kWikipedia9k views a monthAge42 years

Scored beside it · 1,793 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 53 praise 75 legacy 40averages 56, placing it at22,547 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

▲ Frank Oz▲ Dave Goelz

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jim Henson19,741 ftFrank Oz19,268 ftDave Goelz18,239 ftJerry Nelson18,122 ftRichard Hunt18,068 ftSteve Whitmire18,010 ftElliott Gould17,653 ftBrooke Shields17,649 ftDabney Coleman17,645 ftKathryn Mullen17,628 ft