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As Good as It Gets

1997 · directed by James L. Brooks · 139 min
24,517 feet · Prominence
647th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $314m, re-releases included; about $646m in 2026 money.

Rank418 of 11,051In 19976 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards94 signal → +11 lift

Oscars2 won Actress, Actor5 nominated Picture, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Musical or Comedy Score
Golden Globes3 won Best Picture, Actress, Actor2 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Oscar wins, modest lasting footprint.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.7 from 336kWikipedia46k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 1,131 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 73 praise 88 legacy 48averages 70, placing it at24,517 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Helen Hunt

In these careers — elevation for this film

Helen Hunt20,427 ftJack Nicholson20,427 ftGreg Kinnear19,872 ftCuba Gooding Jr.18,252 ftYeardley Smith17,721 ftHarold Ramis17,652 ftMaya Rudolph17,651 ftSkeet Ulrich17,650 ftWood Harris17,639 ft