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Groundhog Day

1993 · directed by Harold Ramis · 101 min
26,905 feet · Prominence
105th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw59

Lifetime worldwide gross $71m, re-releases included; about $162m in 2026 money.

Rank2,036 of 11,051In 199331 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise84

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards14 signal → +1 lift

BAFTAs1 won Original 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.

Legacy88

Judged directly: Title became everyday cultural shorthand.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb8 from 733kWikipedia62k views a monthAge33 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 47 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 59 praise 84 legacy 88averages 77, placing it at26,905 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

▲ Stephen Tobolowsky

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bill Murray20,508 ftAndie MacDowell18,981 ftHarold Ramis18,500 ftStephen Tobolowsky18,345 ftChris Elliott18,047 ftMichael Shannon17,664 ftReni Santoni17,636 ft