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Working Girl

1988 · directed by Mike Nichols · 114 min
24,662 feet · Prominence
580th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson

How this film scores

Draw64

$103m worldwide in 1988 — $288m in today's money.

As released$103mIn 2026 money$288mRank1,158 of 8,589In 198814 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.

Praise87

Critics 79, awards 73. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics79 → 40Awards73 → 36

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress
Golden Globes2 won Actress, Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Eighties career-woman icon, Carly Simon theme.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb6.8 from 67kWikipedia0k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 795 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 64 praise 87 legacy 50averages 67, which places it at24,662 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

Harrison Ford22,340 ftSigourney Weaver22,051 ft