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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2002 · directed by Joel Zwick · 95 min
24,205 feet · Prominence
783rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw74

Lifetime worldwide gross $369m, re-releases included; about $676m in 2026 money.

Rank390 of 11,051In 20029 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.

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 baseAwards30 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Best 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Indie phenomenon, Windex joke endures.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6.6 from 150kWikipedia23k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 932 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 74 praise 74 legacy 52averages 67, placing it at24,205 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

▲ Michael Constantine

In these careers — elevation for this film

Nia Vardalos19,765 ftJohn Corbett18,489 ftMichael Constantine18,210 ftLainie Kazan18,146 ft