Is Billy Madison actually good?

Billy Madison sits in the 38.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 38.4% of them.

How does Billy Madison compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Billy Madison lands in the 35.7% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Billy Madison's score based on?

197 calibrated reviewers stand behind Billy Madison's score.

1995

global pct

38.4

Film · 1995 · Films · 1990s

Billy Madison

Name: Billy Madison
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1995

Scored from 197 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

38.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

35.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

22.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

197 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Billy Madison, the immature adult heir to a hotel fortune, must repeat grades 1 through 12, two weeks each, to prove he is capable of taking over his father's company. Standing in his way is a scheming executive determined to seize control, while Billy falls for his third-grade teacher along the way.

Released in 1995, Billy Madison is a comedy film. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy.

The calibrated figure is built from 197 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 204 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 18,565 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them.

Is Billy Madison (1995) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 197
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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