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The First Wives Club

1996 · directed by Hugh Wilson · 102 min
22,496 feet · Prominence
1,519th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw63

$116m worldwide in 1996 — $245m in today's money.

As released$116mIn 2026 money$245mRank1,368 of 8,589In 199626 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise56

Critics 54, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 56.

Critics54 → 27Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Original Musical or Comedy Score
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: 'You Don't Own Me' finale, generational touchstone.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.5 from 60kWikipedia32k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,186 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 63 praise 56 legacy 42averages 54, which places it at22,496 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

Diane Keaton21,760 ft