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What's Up, Doc?

1972 · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · 94 min
23,671 feet · Prominence
1,037th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $66m, re-releases included; about $521m in 2026 money.

Rank566 of 11,051In 19725 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Screwball revival, cinephile favorite.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.7 from 29kWikipedia14k views a monthAge54 years

Scored beside it · 1,554 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 71 praise 82 legacy 42averages 65, placing it at23,671 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

▲ Barbra Streisand

In these careers — elevation for this film

Barbra Streisand20,292 ftRyan O'Neal19,262 ftMadeline Kahn18,932 ftKenneth Mars18,076 ftMichael Murphy17,845 ftSylvester Stallone17,664 ftRandy Quaid17,650 ftJohn Hillerman17,633 ft