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1994 · directed by Kevin Smith · 92 min · R
24,571 feet · Prominence
635th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,472 of 11,051In 1994139 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 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: Founding DIY indie text, endlessly quoted.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.7 from 238kWikipedia23k views a monthAge32 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 375 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 36 praise 80 legacy 68averages 61, placing it at24,571 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

▲ Jeff Anderson▲ Lisa Spoonauer▲ Marilyn Ghigliotti

In these careers — elevation for this film

Brian O'Halloran18,925 ftJeff Anderson18,777 ftJason Mewes18,334 ftMarilyn Ghigliotti17,933 ftLisa Spoonauer17,898 ft