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Sleepless in Seattle

1993 · directed by Nora Ephron · 105 min
24,949 feet · Prominence
509th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw71

$228m worldwide in 1993 — $520m in today's money.

As released$228mIn 2026 money$520mRank558 of 8,589In 19938 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise75

Critics 74, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 75.

Critics74 → 37Awards12 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Empire State finale became the romcom template.

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

Scored beside it · 561 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 71 praise 75 legacy 58averages 68, which places it at24,949 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

Tom Hanks22,452 ft