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Big

1988 · directed by Penny Marshall · 104 min
26,327 feet · Prominence
189th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Big’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw69

$152m worldwide in 1988 — $424m in today's money.

As released$152mIn 2026 money$424mRank752 of 8,589In 198810 of 140

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Critics 86, awards 47. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics86 → 43Awards47 → 23

Oscars2 nominated Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Actor
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Beloved Hanks comedy, piano scene.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.3 from 258kWikipedia41k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 232 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 69 praise 89 legacy 72averages 77, which places it at26,327 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

Tom Hanks23,449 ft