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The Joy Luck Club

1993
23,666 feet · Prominence
943rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$33m worldwide in 1993 — $75m in today's money.

As released$33mIn 2026 money$75mRank3,132 of 8,589In 199353 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Critics 85, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics85 → 43Awards0 → 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: Registry-preserved Asian American landmark, narrow circulation.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.7 from 20kWikipedia12k views a monthAge33 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 998 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 85 legacy 45averages 61, which places it at23,666 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them.