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Mrs. Doubtfire

1993 · directed by Chris Columbus · 125 min
26,267 feet · Prominence
198th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw79

Lifetime worldwide gross $441m, re-releases included; about $1.01bn in 2026 money.

Rank188 of 11,051In 19932 of 199

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.

Critics63 baseAwards51 signal → +10 lift

Oscars1 won Makeup and Hairstyling
Golden Globes2 won Motion 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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Robin Williams comedy, endlessly quoted.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.1 from 312kWikipedia52k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 160 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 79 praise 72 legacy 78averages 76, placing it at26,267 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

▲ Robin Williams▲ Lisa Jakub

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robin Williams20,762 ftSally Field19,504 ftPierce Brosnan18,548 ftLisa Jakub18,062 ftRobert Prosky17,930 ftMatthew Lawrence17,900 ft