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City of Angels

1998 · directed by Brad Silberling · 114 min
22,203 feet · Prominence
1,619th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

$199m worldwide in 1998 — $402m in today's money.

As released$199mIn 2026 money$402mRank807 of 8,589In 199818 of 165

How Draw works

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

Praise55

Critics 54, awards 2. Half each, so Praise lands at 55.

Critics54 → 27Awards2 → 1

Golden Globes1 nominated Original Song
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Remembered mainly for the Goo Goo Dolls.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb6.7 from 134kWikipedia34k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 1,542 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 68 praise 55 legacy 35averages 53, which places it at22,203 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

Nicolas Cage22,452 ft