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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989 · directed by Joe Johnston · 93 min
24,779 feet · Prominence
568th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $223m, re-releases included; about $593m in 2026 money.

Rank475 of 11,051In 19897 of 156

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 baseAwards6 signal → +1 lift

BAFTAs1 won 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Title is a permanent catchphrase.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb6.4 from 175kWikipedia27k views a monthAge37 years

Scored beside it · 498 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 72 praise 70 legacy 62averages 68, placing it at24,779 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

▲ Matt Frewer▲ Kristine Sutherland

In these careers — elevation for this film

Rick Moranis19,598 ftMatt Frewer18,143 ftMarcia Strassman17,928 ftKristine Sutherland17,836 ft