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The Big Chill

1983 · directed by Lawrence Kasdan · 105 min
24,285 feet · Prominence
749th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw60

Lifetime worldwide gross $56m, re-releases included; about $187m in 2026 money.

Rank1,834 of 11,051In 198316 of 101

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.

Critics66 baseAwards53 signal → +9 lift

Oscars3 nominated Picture, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 nominated Screenplay
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: 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 · 679 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 60 praise 75 legacy 58averages 64, placing it at24,285 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

▲ Meg Tilly

In these careers — elevation for this film

William Hurt19,602 ftGlenn Close19,541 ftKevin Kline19,327 ftJeff Goldblum19,203 ftTom Berenger18,846 ftMeg Tilly18,552 ftJoBeth Williams18,440 ftKevin Costner17,664 ft