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There's Something About Mary

1998 · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly · 120 min · R
25,720 feet · Prominence
295th of 24,106 films scored
The Rewatchables‘There’s Something About Mary’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $370m, re-releases included; about $749m in 2026 money.

Rank326 of 11,051In 19984 of 198

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards21 signal → +2 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Hair gag defined an era of comedy.

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

Scored beside it · 347 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 75 praise 79 legacy 68averages 74, placing it at25,720 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

▲ Ben Stiller▲ Cameron Diaz▲ Lee Evans

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ben Stiller20,401 ftCameron Diaz19,864 ftMatt Dillon19,560 ftLee Evans18,476 ftChris Elliott18,161 ftJeffrey Tambor17,834 ftRichard Jenkins17,667 ftSarah Silverman17,660 ftKeith David17,659 ft