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Jerry Maguire

1996 · directed by Cameron Crowe · 139 min
26,773 feet · Prominence
125th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $274m, re-releases included; about $575m in 2026 money.

Rank494 of 11,051In 19968 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.

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards77 signal → +7 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor4 nominated Picture, Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Actor2 nominated Best Picture, Supporting acting
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Show me the money, quoted.

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

Scored beside it · 151 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 89 legacy 78averages 80, placing it at26,773 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

▲ Cuba Gooding Jr.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Cuba Gooding Jr.20,717 ftTom Cruise20,717 ftRenee Zellweger19,736 ftKelly Preston18,154 ftBonnie Hunt18,134 ftJerry O'Connell18,115 ftRegina King18,031 ftEric Stoltz17,664 ftLucy Liu17,664 ftBeau Bridges17,655 ftJonathan Lipnicki17,649 ftToby Huss17,646 ftChristine Cavanaugh17,643 ftTodd Louiso17,641 ft