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Working Girl

1988 · directed by Mike Nichols · 114 min
24,412 feet · Prominence
693rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $103m, re-releases included; about $288m in 2026 money.

Rank1,196 of 11,051In 198815 of 173

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.

Critics79 baseAwards86 signal → +9 lift

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress
Golden Globes3 won Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress1 nominated Screenplay
BAFTAs3 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting, Craft and other
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.

Legacy50

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

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

Scored beside it · 1,012 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 64 praise 88 legacy 50averages 67, placing it at24,412 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

▲ Sigourney Weaver▲ Melanie Griffith

In these careers — elevation for this film

Melanie Griffith20,287 ftSigourney Weaver20,187 ftHarrison Ford19,058 ftJoan Cusack18,729 ftAlec Baldwin18,171 ftOliver Platt17,842 ftKevin Spacey17,665 ftDavid Duchovny17,661 ftOlympia Dukakis17,648 ftRicki Lake17,642 ft