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Mommie Dearest

1981 · directed by Frank Perry · 129 min · R
23,213 feet · Prominence
1,279th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $19m, re-releases included; about $69m in 2026 money.

Rank3,605 of 11,051In 198140 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.

Praise53

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics53 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: 'No wire hangers!' immortal camp touchstone.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.7 from 20kWikipedia24k views a monthAge45 years

Scored beside it · 538 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 51 praise 53 legacy 62averages 55, placing it at23,213 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

Faye Dunaway19,985 ftDiana Scarwid18,216 ftXander Berkeley17,632 ft