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The Love Bug

1968 · directed by Robert Stevenson · 108 min · G
23,375 feet · Prominence
1,187th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $51m, re-releases included; about $486m in 2026 money.

Rank650 of 11,051In 19683 of 45

How Draw works

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

Praise63

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics63 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Herbie remains a Disney icon.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb6.5 from 19kWikipedia13k views a monthAge58 years

Scored beside it · 1,077 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 70 praise 63 legacy 50averages 61, placing it at23,375 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

▲ Dean Jones▲ Buddy Hackett▲ Michele Lee

In these careers — elevation for this film

Dean Jones18,661 ftDavid Tomlinson18,399 ftBuddy Hackett18,268 ftMichele Lee18,121 ftJoe Flynn17,838 ft