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Good Will Hunting

1997 · directed by Gus Van Sant · 127 min
26,817 feet · Prominence
115th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $226m, re-releases included; about $465m in 2026 money.

Rank689 of 11,051In 199716 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 baseAwards87 signal → +7 lift

Oscars2 won Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay6 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Film Editing, Original Dramatic Score
Golden Globes1 won Screenplay3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting Actor
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Beloved, endlessly quoted speeches.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.4 from 1.2mWikipedia134k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 147 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 70 praise 91 legacy 78averages 80, placing it at26,817 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 Damon20,687 ftRobin Williams20,687 ftMinnie Driver18,824 ftStellan Skarsgård18,463 ftBen Affleck18,461 ftCasey Affleck17,973 ft