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About a Boy

2002 · directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz · 101 min
23,483 feet · Prominence
1,142nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $129m, re-releases included; about $237m in 2026 money.

Rank1,475 of 11,051In 200235 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 baseAwards39 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs2 nominated Supporting acting, Screenplay
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.

Legacy40

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

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

Scored beside it · 1,735 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 62 praise 87 legacy 40averages 63, placing it at23,483 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

Hugh Grant20,130 ftNicholas Hoult19,305 ftToni Collette18,831 ftRachel Weisz18,214 ft