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Little Miss Sunshine

2006 · directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton · 102 min
25,147 feet · Prominence
449th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

$101m worldwide in 2006 — $165m in today's money.

As released$101mIn 2026 money$165mRank1,905 of 8,589In 200651 of 215

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

Critics 86, awards 80. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics86 → 43Awards80 → 40

Oscars2 won Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay2 nominated Picture, Supporting Actress
BAFTAs2 won Actor, Original Screenplay2 nominated Film, Direction
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Indie touchstone of its moment.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.8 from 546kWikipedia52k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 546 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 59 praise 91 legacy 58averages 69, which places it at25,147 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. Top billing: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano.