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The Nutty Professor

1996 · directed by Tom Shadyac · 95 min
23,050 feet · Prominence
1,384th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $129m, re-releases included; about $271m in 2026 money.

Rank1,269 of 11,051In 199623 of 191

How Draw works

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

Praise69

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics64 baseAwards28 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Makeup and Hairstyling
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
BAFTAs1 won Makeup and Hair1 nominated 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.

Legacy45

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

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

Scored beside it · 1,419 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 64 praise 69 legacy 45averages 59, placing it at23,050 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 Murphy20,001 ftJada Pinkett Smith18,562 ftJames Coburn18,193 ft