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Punch-Drunk Love

2002 · directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 96 min
23,306 feet · Prominence
1,223rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

Lifetime worldwide gross $25m, re-releases included; about $45m in 2026 money.

Rank4,435 of 11,051In 2002115 of 253

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
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.

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 · 1,200 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 48 praise 80 legacy 48averages 59, placing it at23,306 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 Sandler19,923 ftEmily Watson18,775 ftPhilip Seymour Hoffman18,570 ftLuis Guzmán17,975 ft