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About Schmidt

2002 · directed by Alexander Payne · 125 min
23,392 feet · Prominence
1,067th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

$106m worldwide in 2002 — $194m in today's money.

As released$106mIn 2026 money$194mRank1,693 of 8,589In 200243 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.

Praise89

Critics 86, awards 47. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics86 → 43Awards47 → 24

Oscars2 nominated Actor, Supporting Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actor
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Late Nicholson, quietly faded.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.2 from 138kWikipedia16k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 1,667 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 60 praise 89 legacy 32averages 60, which places it at23,392 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

Jack Nicholson22,759 ft