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Kramer vs. Kramer

1979 · directed by Robert Benton · 105 min
26,702 feet · Prominence
131st of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

$106m worldwide in 1979 — $483m in today's money.

As released$106mIn 2026 money$483mRank640 of 8,589In 19796 of 61

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Critics 84, awards 94. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics84 → 42Awards94 → 47

Oscars5 won Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay3 nominated Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy76

Judged directly: Defined a decade's argument about custody.

Verdict76 of 100IMDb7.8 from 165kWikipedia47k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 180 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 70 praise 91 legacy 76averages 79, which places it at26,702 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

Dustin Hoffman22,939 ftMeryl Streep22,788 ft