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Sorry to Bother You

2018 · directed by Boots Riley · 112 min
23,007 feet · Prominence
1,401st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $18m, re-releases included; about $24m in 2026 money.

Rank5,647 of 11,051In 2018131 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy43

Judged directly: Distinctive satire, unlisted, modest reach.

Verdict43 of 100IMDb6.9 from 94kWikipedia37k views a monthAge8 years

Scored beside it · 1,538 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 43 praise 86 legacy 43averages 57, placing it at23,007 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

▲ Tessa Thompson

In these careers — elevation for this film

LaKeith Stanfield19,427 ftTessa Thompson18,620 ftDanny Glover18,281 ftOmari Hardwick18,110 ftForest Whitaker17,650 ftLily James17,649 ftRosario Dawson17,647 ftArmie Hammer17,645 ftPatton Oswalt17,644 ftSteven Yeun17,643 ft