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Manchester by the Sea

2016 · directed by Kenneth Lonergan · 138 min
24,249 feet · Prominence
705th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Manchester by the Sea’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw55

$79m worldwide in 2016 — $109m in today's money.

As released$79mIn 2026 money$109mRank2,562 of 8,589In 201680 of 252

How Draw works

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

Praise98

Critics 96, awards 87. Half each, so Praise lands at 98.

Critics96 → 48Awards87 → 44

Oscars2 won Actor, Original Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actor1 nominated Motion Picture
BAFTAs1 nominated Editing
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: Acclaimed grief drama, culturally quiet.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.8 from 352kWikipedia102k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 1,108 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 55 praise 98 legacy 42averages 65, which places it at24,249 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

Matt Damon21,591 ft