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A Bug's Life

1998 · directed by John Lasseter · 95 min
24,995 feet · Prominence
493rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

$363m worldwide in 1998 — $735m in today's money.

As released$363mIn 2026 money$735mRank329 of 8,589In 19985 of 165

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Critics 85, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics85 → 43Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Original Musical or Comedy Score
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Early Pixar, warm generational familiarity.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.2 from 334kWikipedia63k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 853 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 75 praise 85 legacy 48averages 69, which places it at24,995 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere.