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California Suite

1978 · directed by Herbert Ross · 103 min
21,577 feet · Prominence
1,850th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

$42m worldwide in 1978 — $213m in today's money.

As released$42mIn 2026 money$213mRank1,569 of 8,589In 197815 of 59

How Draw works

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

Praise64

Critics 50, awards 55. Half each, so Praise lands at 64.

Critics50 → 25Awards55 → 28

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress2 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Production Design
Golden Globes1 won Actress
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.

Legacy25

Judged directly: Star-packed Neil Simon, forgotten.

Verdict25 of 100IMDb6.2 from 9kWikipedia8k views a monthAge48 years

Scored beside it · 2,255 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 61 praise 64 legacy 25averages 50, which places it at21,577 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

Jane Fonda22,219 ftMichael Caine21,656 ft