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The Goodbye Girl

1977 · directed by Herbert Ross · 111 min
24,395 feet · Prominence
655th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

$102m worldwide in 1977 — $555m in today's money.

As released$102mIn 2026 money$555mRank513 of 8,589In 19777 of 42

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

Critics 71, awards 90. Half each, so Praise lands at 84.

Critics71 → 35Awards90 → 45

Oscars1 won Actor4 nominated Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes3 won Actress, Actor, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Faded almost completely.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.4 from 17kWikipedia10k views a monthAge49 years

Scored beside it · 1,103 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 72 praise 84 legacy 42averages 66, which places it at24,395 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict.