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The Nutty Professor

1996 · directed by Tom Shadyac · 95 min
23,364 feet · Prominence
1,085th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

$129m worldwide in 1996 — $271m in today's money.

As released$129mIn 2026 money$271mRank1,229 of 8,589In 199623 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise67

Critics 64, awards 17. Half each, so Praise lands at 67.

Critics64 → 32Awards17 → 9

Oscars1 won Makeup and Hairstyling
BAFTAs1 won Makeup and Hair
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Murphy fat suit and Klumps, big footprint.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb5.7 from 130kWikipedia26k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,024 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 64 praise 67 legacy 45averages 59, which places it at23,364 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

Eddie Murphy22,338 ft