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Pump Up the Volume

1990 · directed by Allan Moyle · 102 min · R
23,206 feet · Prominence
1,169th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Pump Up the Volume’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Andy Greenwald

How this film scores

Draw45

$12m worldwide in 1990 — $29m in today's money.

As released$12mIn 2026 money$29mRank4,648 of 8,589In 199073 of 129

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Critics 79, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics79 → 40Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Cult 90s teen, talk hard.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.2 from 32kWikipedia10k views a monthAge36 years

Scored beside it · 912 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 45 praise 79 legacy 48averages 57, which places it at23,206 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: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Scott Paulin.