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That Thing You Do!

1996 · directed by Tom Hanks · 108 min · PG
23,561 feet · Prominence
1,100th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $35m, re-releases included; about $73m in 2026 money.

Rank3,507 of 11,051In 199662 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.

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Beloved cult; title earworm still sung.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7 from 77kWikipedia25k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,183 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 52 praise 82 legacy 48averages 61, placing it at23,561 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 Hanks19,814 ftLiv Tyler18,612 ftSteve Zahn18,500 ftCharlize Theron17,956 ftBryan Cranston17,655 ftGiovanni Ribisi17,651 ftKevin Pollak17,640 ftGedde Watanabe17,639 ftColin Hanks17,638 ftBill Cobbs17,630 ft