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Igby Goes Down

2002 · directed by Burr Steers · 97 min
22,556 feet · Prominence
1,891st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw37

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $9m in 2026 money.

Rank7,168 of 11,051In 2002180 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards17 signal → +2 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, 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.

Legacy46

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb6.8 from 37kWikipedia9k views a monthAge24 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 37 praise 76 legacy 46averages 53, placing it at22,556 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

▲ Kieran Culkin

In these careers — elevation for this film

Kieran Culkin19,532 ftSusan Sarandon18,736 ftJeff Goldblum18,599 ftClaire Danes18,421 ftRyan Phillippe18,314 ftAmanda Peet18,286 ftBill Pullman18,055 ftJim Gaffigan17,631 ftRory Culkin17,631 ftCynthia Nixon17,630 ft