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The Great Muppet Caper

1981 · directed by Jim Henson · 97 min
23,426 feet · Prominence
1,167th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $31m, re-releases included; about $113m in 2026 money.

Rank2,694 of 11,051In 198127 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 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: Muppets brand keeps it alive.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.1 from 18kWikipedia10k views a monthAge45 years

Scored beside it · 1,075 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 55 praise 74 legacy 50averages 60, placing it at23,426 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

▲ Jim Henson▲ Jerry Nelson▲ Richard Hunt

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jim Henson20,058 ftCharles Grodin19,058 ftFrank Oz18,948 ftDiana Rigg18,407 ftDave Goelz18,278 ftJerry Nelson18,194 ftRichard Hunt18,096 ftJohn Cleese17,913 ftJack Warden17,649 ftPeter Ustinov17,648 ftPeter Falk17,647 ftSteve Whitmire17,633 ftKathryn Mullen17,630 ft