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About a Boy

2002 · directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz · 101 min
23,830 feet · Prominence
868th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

$129m worldwide in 2002 — $237m in today's money.

As released$129mIn 2026 money$237mRank1,420 of 8,589In 200233 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.

Praise85

Critics 84, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics84 → 42Awards12 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Warm Hornby adaptation, Grant's best comic turn.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.1 from 198kWikipedia24k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 1,235 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 62 praise 85 legacy 40averages 62, which places it at23,830 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

Robert De Niro21,581 ft