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The Goodbye Girl

1977 · directed by Herbert Ross · 111 min
23,847 feet · Prominence
954th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $102m, re-releases included; about $555m in 2026 money.

Rank520 of 11,051In 19777 of 48

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.

Critics71 baseAwards94 signal → +14 lift

Oscars1 won Actor4 nominated Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes4 won Best Picture, Actress, Actor, Screenplay1 nominated Supporting acting
BAFTAs1 won Actor2 nominated Lead acting, 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Faded almost completely.

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

Scored beside it · 1,543 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 72 praise 84 legacy 42averages 66, placing it at23,847 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

▲ Marsha Mason▲ Paul Benedict▲ Quinn Cummings

In these careers — elevation for this film

Richard Dreyfuss20,318 ftMarsha Mason20,087 ftQuinn Cummings18,303 ftPaul Benedict17,811 ftPowers Boothe17,652 ftNicol Williamson17,643 ftRaymond J. Barry17,640 ft