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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993 · directed by Lasse Hallström · 118 min
23,293 feet · Prominence
1,126th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

$10m worldwide in 1993 — $23m in today's money.

As released$10mIn 2026 money$23mRank4,989 of 8,589In 199393 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.

Praise83

Critics 82, awards 13. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics82 → 41Awards13 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Supporting Actor
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: DiCaprio breakout, enduring performance reference.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.7 from 266kWikipedia60k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 909 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 43 praise 83 legacy 48averages 58, which places it at23,293 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

Johnny Depp22,539 ftLeonardo DiCaprio22,208 ft