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My Best Friend's Wedding

1997 · directed by P.J. Hogan · 105 min
23,862 feet · Prominence
854th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘My Best Friend's Wedding’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

How this film scores

Draw73

$299m worldwide in 1997 — $615m in today's money.

As released$299mIn 2026 money$615mRank447 of 8,589In 19978 of 182

How Draw works

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

Praise64

Critics 63, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 64.

Critics63 → 32Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Original Musical or Comedy Score
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: Roberts staple, I Say a Little Prayer.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.4 from 165kWikipedia42k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 888 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 73 praise 64 legacy 48averages 62, which places it at23,862 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

Julia Roberts22,714 ft