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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983
24,326 feet · Prominence
674th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

$43m worldwide in 1983 — $142m in today's money.

As released$43mIn 2026 money$142mRank2,140 of 8,589In 198319 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Critics 79, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics79 → 40Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Python canon, wafer-thin mint.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.5 from 130kWikipedia12k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 656 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 58 praise 79 legacy 55averages 64, which places it at24,326 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

Michael Caine21,573 ft