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While You Were Sleeping

1995 · directed by Jon Turteltaub · 103 min
22,914 feet · Prominence
1,453rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $182m, re-releases included; about $394m in 2026 money.

Rank846 of 11,051In 199516 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated 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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Warm Bullock rom-com, nostalgic staple.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.8 from 121kWikipedia28k views a monthAge31 years

Scored beside it · 1,889 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 68 praise 75 legacy 38averages 60, placing it at22,914 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

▲ Bill Pullman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sandra Bullock20,159 ftBill Pullman19,306 ftPeter Boyle18,394 ftJack Warden18,392 ftPeter Gallagher18,301 ft