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Jerry Maguire

1996 · directed by Cameron Crowe · 139 min
26,769 feet · Prominence
115th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Jerry Maguire’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw72

$274m worldwide in 1996 — $575m in today's money.

As released$274mIn 2026 money$575mRank488 of 8,589In 19968 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.

Praise88

Critics 82, awards 72. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics82 → 41Awards72 → 36

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor4 nominated Picture, Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Actor
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Show me the money, quoted.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.3 from 309kWikipedia61k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 146 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 72 praise 88 legacy 78averages 79, which places it at26,769 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 Cruise22,900 ftRenee Zellweger22,358 ft