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There's Something About Mary

1998
25,809 feet · Prominence
281st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘There’s Something About Mary’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw75

$370m worldwide in 1998 — $749m in today's money.

As released$370mIn 2026 money$749mRank320 of 8,589In 19984 of 165

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Critics 76, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 76.

Critics76 → 38Awards0 → 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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Hair gag defined an era of comedy.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.1 from 346kWikipedia45k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 318 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 75 praise 76 legacy 68averages 73, which places it at25,809 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them.