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The Jerk

1979 · directed by Carl Reiner · 94 min
24,178 feet · Prominence
791st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $100m, re-releases included; about $455m in 2026 money.

Rank714 of 11,051In 19799 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise72

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics72 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Steve Martin landmark, phone-book bit endures.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.1 from 67kWikipedia15k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 804 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 69 praise 72 legacy 55averages 65, placing it at24,178 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

▲ Mabel King

In these careers — elevation for this film

Steve Martin20,206 ftBernadette Peters18,877 ftMabel King17,946 ftCatlin Adams17,911 ftRob Reiner17,650 ftMaurice Evans17,637 ft