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What's Love Got to Do with It

1993 · directed by Brian Gibson · 118 min
23,766 feet · Prominence
902nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

$39m worldwide in 1993 — $89m in today's money.

As released$39mIn 2026 money$89mRank2,888 of 8,589In 199346 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Critics 87, awards 52. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics87 → 43Awards52 → 26

Oscars2 nominated Actress, Actor
Golden Globes1 won Actress
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: Bassett's Tina, biopic largely faded.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.4 from 26kWikipedia17k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 1,138 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 53 praise 90 legacy 42averages 62, which places it at23,766 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: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Jenifer Lewis.