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Man on the Moon

1999 · directed by Miloš Forman · 118 min
22,364 feet · Prominence
1,563rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw54

$47m worldwide in 1999 — $94m in today's money.

As released$47mIn 2026 money$94mRank2,800 of 8,589In 199965 of 170

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 61, awards 33. Half each, so Praise lands at 68.

Critics61 → 31Awards33 → 17

Golden Globes1 won Actor1 nominated Motion Picture
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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Carrey-Kaufman curio, remembered via documentary.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.4 from 141kWikipedia23k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 1,403 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 54 praise 68 legacy 38averages 53, which places it at22,364 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

Jim Carrey22,446 ft