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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993 · directed by Lasse Hallström · 118 min
23,319 feet · Prominence
1,214th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $10m, re-releases included; about $23m in 2026 money.

Rank5,742 of 11,051In 1993111 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.

Praise83

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards19 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting acting
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: DiCaprio breakout, enduring performance reference.

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

Scored beside it · 1,197 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 43 praise 83 legacy 48averages 58, placing it at23,319 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

Leonardo DiCaprio19,829 ftJohnny Depp19,693 ftJuliette Lewis18,416 ftMary Steenburgen18,186 ftJohn C. Reilly17,652 ftCrispin Glover17,636 ft