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Jungle Fever

1991
22,759 feet · Prominence
1,379th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$32m worldwide in 1991 — $79m in today's money.

As released$32mIn 2026 money$79mRank3,065 of 8,589In 199146 of 146

How Draw works

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

Praise68

Critics 68, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 68.

Critics68 → 34Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Spike Lee; its title entered everyday language.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.6 from 20kWikipedia18k views a monthAge35 years

Scored beside it · 1,053 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 52 praise 68 legacy 45averages 55, which places it at22,759 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

Samuel L. Jackson21,614 ftHalle Berry21,570 ft