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A Bug's Life

1998 · directed by John Lasseter · 95 min
24,485 feet · Prominence
663rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $363m, re-releases included; about $735m in 2026 money.

Rank335 of 11,051In 19985 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards7 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Musical or Comedy Score
BAFTAs1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Early Pixar, warm generational familiarity.

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

Scored beside it · 1,132 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 75 praise 86 legacy 48averages 70, placing it at24,485 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

▲ Dave Foley

In these careers — elevation for this film

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