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Meet the Parents

2000 · directed by Jay Roach · 108 min
24,481 feet · Prominence
670th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $330m, re-releases included; about $633m in 2026 money.

Rank430 of 11,051In 20007 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Circle of trust and Focker jokes endure.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7 from 376kWikipedia40k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 916 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 73 praise 80 legacy 52averages 68, placing it at24,481 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

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