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What's Love Got to Do with It

1993 · directed by Brian Gibson · 118 min
23,494 feet · Prominence
1,132nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $39m, re-releases included; about $89m in 2026 money.

Rank3,159 of 11,051In 199351 of 199

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards52 signal → +4 lift

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

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

Scored beside it · 1,568 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 53 praise 90 legacy 42averages 62, placing it at23,494 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

Angela Bassett19,996 ftLaurence Fishburne19,996 ftJenifer Lewis17,975 ftCora Lee Day17,704 ft