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Big

1988 · directed by Penny Marshall · 104 min
26,292 feet · Prominence
195th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $152m, re-releases included; about $424m in 2026 money.

Rank770 of 11,051In 198810 of 173

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards53 signal → +4 lift

Oscars2 nominated Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Actor1 nominated Best Picture
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Beloved Hanks comedy, piano scene.

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

Scored beside it · 240 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 69 praise 89 legacy 72averages 77, placing it at26,292 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

▲ Robert Loggia

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tom Hanks20,605 ftElizabeth Perkins18,823 ftRobert Loggia18,499 ftJohn Heard18,138 ft