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American Pie

1999 · directed by Paul Weitz · 95 min · R
24,697 feet · Prominence
589th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $235m, re-releases included; about $466m in 2026 money.

Rank681 of 11,051In 199915 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise60

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics60 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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Defined teen comedy; gave language MILF.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7 from 463kWikipedia81k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 370 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 70 praise 60 legacy 68averages 66, placing it at24,697 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

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