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Julie & Julia

2009 · directed by Nora Ephron · 123 min
23,185 feet · Prominence
1,298th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $130m, re-releases included; about $199m in 2026 money.

Rank1,739 of 11,051In 200941 of 312

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics71 baseAwards52 signal → +8 lift

Oscars1 nominated Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actress1 nominated Best Picture
BAFTAs1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: The food-blogger film, Streep as Child.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7 from 134kWikipedia23k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 1,586 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 61 praise 79 legacy 42averages 61, placing it at23,185 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

Meryl Streep20,104 ftAmy Adams19,456 ftStanley Tucci18,878 ftChris Messina18,135 ftJane Lynch17,909 ft