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== Release == === Box office === ''Jerry Maguire'' debuted at number one above ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' and ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]'', earning $17,084,296 during its opening weekend.<ref name="CruisesTop">{{cite news |last=Elber |first=Lynn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-sony-cruises-to-box/134614273/ |title=Sony Cruises to box office top |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104171000/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-sony-cruises-to-box/134614273/ |date=December 18, 1996 |access-date=November 4, 2023 |archive-date=November 4, 2023 |page=29 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[The Berkshire Eagle]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Jerry' Ties With Slowing 'Michael' at Box Office|work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date= January 6, 1997|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-06-ca-15963-story.html|access-date= November 23, 2010|archive-date= November 3, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121103221707/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-06/entertainment/ca-15963_1_box-office|url-status= live}}</ref> The film would earn the second-highest December opening weekend at the time of its release, behind ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]''.<ref name="CruisesTop" /> It eventually grossed $153,952,592 in [[North America]]n box office and approximately $119.6 million internationally for a $273,552,592 worldwide total, on a budget of $50 million.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web | title = Jerry Maguire (1996) | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jerrymaguire.htm | website = [[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date = January 6, 2010 | archive-date = January 2, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100102033957/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jerrymaguire.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> It was the [[1996 in film#Highest-grossing films|ninth top-grossing film of 1996]] and the fourth highest-grossing romantic drama film of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Romantic Drama Movies at the Box Office|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=romanticdrama.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714025147/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=romanticdrama.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> === Critical response === On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Jerry Maguire'' has an approval rating of 85% based on reviews from 91 critics, with an average score of 7.8/10. Its consensus states: "Anchored by dazzling performances from Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Renée Zellweger, as well as Cameron Crowe's tender direction, ''Jerry Maguire'' meshes romance and sports with panache."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|jerry_maguire|Jerry Maguire}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title=Jerry Maguire |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jerry-maguire/ |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2019-08-20 |archive-date=2020-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414164202/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jerry-maguire |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=CinemaScore |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] won an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his portrayal of Rod Tidwell, the [[Arizona Cardinals]] [[American football|football]] player who sticks with Maguire. Cruise was also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] and the movie marked [[Renée Zellweger]]'s breakout role. The film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture#1990s|Best Picture]], and crew members on the film were nominated for [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] awards. [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, writing that there "are so many subplots that ''Jerry Maguire'' seems too full" and also commented that the film "starts out looking cynical and quickly becomes a heartwarmer."<ref>{{cite news | date= December 13, 1996 | author= Roger Ebert | author-link= Roger Ebert | url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jerry-maguire-1996 | work= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | title= Jerry Maguire | access-date= August 27, 2019 | archive-date= September 25, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190925045546/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jerry-maguire-1996 | url-status= live }}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote "An exceptionally tasty contempo comedic romance, ''Jerry Maguire'' runs an unusual pattern on its way to scoring an unexpected number of emotional, social and entertaining points. Smartly written and boasting a sensational cast, Cameron Crowe's shrewdly observed third feature also gives Tom Cruise one of his very best roles..."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117911551 | work=Variety | first=Todd | last=McCarthy | title=Jerry Maguire | date=December 8, 1996 | access-date=April 20, 2020 | archive-date=July 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702025804/https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/jerry-maguire-2-1200448137/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Former [[Green Bay Packers]] vice president Andrew Brandt said that the film "accurately portrayed the cutthroat nature of the agent business, especially the lengths to which agents will go to retain or pilfer clients. It also captured the financial, emotional and psychological investment that goes far beyond negotiating contracts."<ref name="brandt20140416">{{cite magazine | url=http://mmqb.si.com/2014/04/16/nfl-draft-day-movie/ | title='Draft Day' Reality Checks | magazine=Sports Illustrated | date=2014-04-16 | access-date=8 February 2015 | last=Brandt | first=Andrew | archive-date=2015-02-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208214321/http://mmqb.si.com/2014/04/16/nfl-draft-day-movie/ | url-status=live }}</ref> === Accolades === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" | Association ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipient ! scope="col" | Result |- | rowspan="5"| [[69th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | [[James L. Brooks]], Cameron Crowe, [[Laurence Mark]] and [[Richard Sakai]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | [[Tom Cruise]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]] | Cameron Crowe | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] | [[Joe Hutshing]] | {{nom}} |- | [[American Comedy Awards#1997 awards|American Comedy Awards]] | Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]] | Top Box Office Films | Nancy Wilson | {{won}} |- | rowspan="7"| Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Motion Picture | James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Laurence Mark and Richard Sakai | {{nom}} |- | Best Director | Cameron Crowe | {{nom}} |- | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Tom Cruise | {{nom}} |- | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{nom}} |- | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | [[Renée Zellweger]] | {{nom}} |- | Best Original Screenplay | Cameron Crowe | {{nom}} |- | Best Film Editing | Joe Hutshing | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]] | Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance | Tom Cruise | {{won}} |- | Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy/Romance | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy/Romance | Renée Zellweger | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1996|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | Most Promising Actress | Renée Zellweger | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="5"| [[2nd Critics' Choice Awards|Critics Choice Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Tom Cruise | {{nom}} |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer|Best Child Performance]] | [[Jonathan Lipnicki]] | {{won}} |- | Breakthrough Artist | Renée Zellweger | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Picture]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | [[49th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]] | [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]] | rowspan="3"| Cameron Crowe | {{nom}} |- | [[3rd Empire Awards|Empire Awards]] | [[Empire Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | {{won}} |- | [[10th European Film Awards|European Film Awards]] | [[European Film Award for Best Film|Screen International Award]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1996|Florida Film Critics Circle Awards]] | [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Tom Cruise | {{runner-up}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[54th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | Tom Cruise | {{won}} (returned)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/tom-cruise-returns-his-3-golden-globes-in-protest-against-hfpa/|title=Tom Cruise Returns His 3 Golden Globes in Protest Against HFPA|first=Jeremy|last=Fulser|work=The Wrap|date=May 10, 2021|accessdate=May 10, 2021|archive-date=May 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510192733/https://www.thewrap.com/tom-cruise-returns-his-3-golden-globes-in-protest-against-hfpa/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{nom}} |- | [[Hochi Film Award]]s | Best Foreign Language Film | rowspan="2"| Cameron Crowe | {{won}} |- | [[Humanitas Prize|Humanitas Prize Awards]] | [[List of Humanitas Prize recipients#1998 (23rd Humanitas Awards)|Feature Film]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – ADR]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[1997 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year|Best Movie]] | {{nom}} |- | [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Male Performance]] | Tom Cruise | {{won}} |- | [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]] | Renée Zellweger | {{nom}} |- | [[1997 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]] | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film|Best Video from a Film]] | "Secret Garden" – Bruce Springsteen | {{nom}} |- | [[NAACP Image Awards]] | [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1996|National Board of Review Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | {{draw|10th Place}} |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Tom Cruise | {{won}} |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance|Breakthrough Performance]] | rowspan="2"| Renée Zellweger | {{won}} |- | [[1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] | [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{runner-up}} |- | [[1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Tom Cruise | {{runner-up}} |- | rowspan="6"| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160222120254/http://ofta.cinemasight.com/ Online Film & Television Association Awards] | Best Comedy/Musical Picture | James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Laurence Mark and Richard Sakai | {{nom}} |- | Best Actor | rowspan="2"| Tom Cruise | {{nom}} |- | Best Comedy/Musical Actor | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actor | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{nom}} |- | Best Original Screenplay | Cameron Crowe | {{nom}} |- | Best Adapted Song | "Secret Garden" – Bruce Springsteen | {{nom}} |- | [[PEN Center USA|PEN Center USA West Literary Awards]] | Screenplay | Cameron Crowe | {{won}} |- | [[24th People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Awards]] | colspan="2"| Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture | {{won}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[1st Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]] | [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | Tom Cruise | {{won}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | Renée Zellweger | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]] | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]] | Tom Cruise | {{nom}} |- | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]] | Cuba Gooding Jr. | {{won}} |- | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]] | Renée Zellweger | {{nom}} |- | [[49th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]] | Cameron Crowe | {{nom}} |- | [[18th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]] | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Actor Age Ten or Under | rowspan="2"| Jonathan Lipnicki | {{won}} |- | [[YoungStar Award#Second Annual YoungStar Awards|YoungStar Awards]] | Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film | {{nom}} |} The film's screenplay was later voted the 66th greatest ever written in a poll by the Writers Guild of America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|title=101 Greatest Screenplays|publisher=Writers Guild of America|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161122211118/http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|url-status=live}}</ref> === Home media === ''Jerry Maguire'' was first released on [[VHS]] and [[LaserDisc]] on May 29, 1997 by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]. {{citation needed|date=December 2016}} Over 3 million copies were sold during its first week of release. It was re-released on VHS in the late 1990s. In its first week of release on VHS to stores and video stores in 1997, it made $80 million in sales and $7.6 million in rentals. The $80 million was split between video dealers and Columbia TriStar Home Video.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/34648/jerry-maguire-shows-money-to-video-stores|title="Jerry Maguire" Shows Money to Video Stores|publisher=E! News|author=Ray Pride|date=June 5, 1997|access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://laist.com/news/entertainment/jerry-maguire-tapes|title=A Video Store with 14,000 Copies of "Jerry Maguire" is Coming|publisher=LAist|author=Carman Tse|date=December 13, 2016|access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref> The film was first released onto [[DVD]] on June 24, 1997 and around 2002 respectively in both a standard edition and a two-disc "Special Edition". While the standard edition contains no special features, the two-disc edition primarily includes deleted scenes, commentary tracks, featurettes, and a music video for [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s "[[Secret Garden (Bruce Springsteen song)|Secret Garden]]". The film was later released on [[Blu-ray]] on September 9, 2008, with the same special features found on the second disc of the "Special Edition" DVD.<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Ben|title=Jerry Maguire Blu-ray Review|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jerry-Maguire-Blu-ray/350/#Review|publisher=Blu-ray.com|access-date=September 18, 2012|date=September 9, 2012|archive-date=October 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030222402/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Jerry-Maguire-Blu-ray/350/#Review|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, the film was triple-packed with ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' and ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|''Born on the Fourth of July'']]'' by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]/[[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] in the United Kingdom only. The film was double-featured with ''[[Cliffhanger (film)|Cliffhanger]]'' via DVD in 2008 and also double-featured with ''A Few Good Men'' via DVD on December 29, 2009. The film was also chosen to be released in 4K as part of the Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 1 [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K Ultra HD]] box set alongside ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'', ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'', ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'', and ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' on June 16, 2020.
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