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Punch-Drunk Love

2002 · directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 96 min
23,393 feet · Prominence
1,064th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

$25m worldwide in 2002 — $45m in today's money.

As released$25mIn 2026 money$45mRank3,945 of 8,589In 2002102 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Critics 79, awards 11. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics79 → 39Awards11 → 5

Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: PTA cult favorite, modest wider reach.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.3 from 196kWikipedia69k views a monthAge24 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 903 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 48 praise 80 legacy 48averages 59, which places it at23,393 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

Adam Sandler22,201 ftPhilip Seymour Hoffman21,712 ft