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The In-Laws

1979 · directed by Arthur Hiller · 103 min · PG
23,136 feet · Prominence
1,325th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

Lifetime worldwide gross $38m, re-releases included; about $174m in 2026 money.

Rank1,930 of 11,051In 197920 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Criterion, serpentine, cult comedy classic.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.3 from 11kWikipedia5k views a monthAge47 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,591 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 59 praise 79 legacy 42averages 60, placing it at23,136 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Peter Falk

In these careers — elevation for this film

Alan Arkin19,871 ftPeter Falk19,687 ftRichard Libertini18,163 ftJames Hong17,635 ftRosanna DeSoto17,634 ft