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Say Anything...

1989 · directed by Cameron Crowe · 100 min · PG-13
25,676 feet · Prominence
306th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $20m, re-releases included; about $53m in 2026 money.

Rank4,115 of 11,051In 198952 of 156

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy70

Judged directly: Boombox image is permanently iconic.

Verdict70 of 100IMDb7.3 from 101kWikipedia22k views a monthAge37 years

Scored beside it · 305 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 49 praise 92 legacy 70averages 70, placing it at25,676 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

▲ John Cusack▲ Ione Skye▲ John Mahoney

In these careers — elevation for this film

John Cusack20,184 ftIone Skye18,999 ftJohn Mahoney18,644 ftLili Taylor18,190 ftLisanne Falk17,696 ftEric Stoltz17,653 ftJoan Cusack17,653 ftPhilip Baker Hall17,644 ftLois Chiles17,636 ftDan Castellaneta17,632 ft