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(500) Days of Summer

2009 · directed by Marc Webb · 95 min · PG-13
24,492 feet · Prominence
655th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw54

Lifetime worldwide gross $61m, re-releases included; about $94m in 2026 money.

Rank3,065 of 11,051In 200983 of 312

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.

Critics81 baseAwards21 signal → +2 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Drove the manic-pixie discourse; millennial touchstone.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.6 from 613kWikipedia62k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 669 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 54 praise 83 legacy 58averages 65, placing it at24,492 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

▲ Joseph Gordon-Levitt▲ Zooey Deschanel▲ Geoffrey Arend

In these careers — elevation for this film

Joseph Gordon-Levitt20,153 ftZooey Deschanel19,552 ftChloë Grace Moretz18,202 ftGeoffrey Arend17,760 ft