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City Slickers

1991 · directed by Ron Underwood · 114 min
24,603 feet · Prominence
597th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘City Slickers’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw69

$179m worldwide in 1991 — $434m in today's money.

As released$179mIn 2026 money$434mRank729 of 8,589In 199111 of 146

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 77, awards 53. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics77 → 39Awards53 → 26

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor2 nominated Motion Picture, Actor
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Palance pushups and one thing remembered.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.8 from 66kWikipedia15k views a monthAge35 years

Scored beside it · 860 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 69 praise 83 legacy 48averages 67, which places it at24,603 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

Jake Gyllenhaal21,617 ft