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Bull Durham

1988 · directed by Ron Shelton · 108 min
24,847 feet · Prominence
533rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

$51m worldwide in 1988 — $142m in today's money.

As released$51mIn 2026 money$142mRank2,135 of 8,589In 198822 of 140

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 85, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics85 → 43Awards12 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Original 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Criterion; the quoted baseball film.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7 from 63kWikipedia16k views a monthAge38 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 563 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 58 praise 86 legacy 58averages 67, which places it at24,847 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

Kevin Costner22,641 ft