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The Nice Guys

2016 · directed by Shane Black · 116 min
24,048 feet · Prominence
857th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw54

Lifetime worldwide gross $71m, re-releases included; about $98m in 2026 money.

Rank2,984 of 11,051In 201693 of 335

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy54

Judged directly: 68th pct; cult standing grew after release.

Verdict54 of 100IMDb7.4 from 410kWikipedia59k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 883 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 54 praise 81 legacy 54averages 63, placing it at24,048 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

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