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Grosse Pointe Blank

1997 · directed by George Armitage · 107 min
22,859 feet · Prominence
1,493rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $31m, re-releases included; about $64m in 2026 money.

Rank3,758 of 11,051In 199774 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Cult hitman comedy, celebrated soundtrack.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.3 from 105kWikipedia18k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 1,614 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 51 praise 79 legacy 42averages 57, placing it at22,859 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

▲ Minnie Driver

In these careers — elevation for this film

John Cusack19,917 ftMinnie Driver19,092 ftDan Aykroyd18,786 ftAlan Arkin18,509 ftJoan Cusack18,460 ftHank Azaria17,942 ftMitchell Ryan17,843 ftBarbara Harris17,650 ft