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Sleepless in Seattle

1993 · directed by Nora Ephron · 105 min
24,847 feet · Prominence
539th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $228m, re-releases included; about $520m in 2026 money.

Rank568 of 11,051In 19938 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.

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards43 signal → +6 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs2 nominated Screenplay, Craft and other
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Empire State finale became the romcom template.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb6.8 from 204kWikipedia48k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 641 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 71 praise 79 legacy 58averages 69, placing it at24,847 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

▲ Meg Ryan▲ Ross Malinger

In these careers — elevation for this film

Meg Ryan20,422 ftTom Hanks20,350 ftRoss Malinger18,518 ftBill Pullman18,394 ftRosie O'Donnell18,233 ftRob Reiner18,083 ftGaby Hoffmann17,950 ftVictor Garber17,642 ftFrances Conroy17,640 ftCarey Lowell17,635 ft