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The Big Chill

1983 · directed by Lawrence Kasdan · 105 min
24,297 feet · Prominence
688th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw60

$56m worldwide in 1983 — $187m in today's money.

As released$56mIn 2026 money$187mRank1,745 of 8,589In 198317 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise72

Critics 66, awards 40. Half each, so Praise lands at 72.

Critics66 → 33Awards40 → 20

Oscars3 nominated Picture, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Registry and Criterion; defined boomer nostalgia.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.1 from 44kWikipedia24k views a monthAge43 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 579 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 60 praise 72 legacy 58averages 63, which places it at24,297 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

Glenn Close22,307 ftKevin Costner21,585 ft