Editing Reign of Fire (film) (section)

==Reception==

=== Box office ===
''Reign of Fire'' was third at the US box-office receipts during its opening weekend (12 July 2002), taking in $15,632,281, behind ''[[Road to Perdition]]'' and ''[[Men in Black II]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Brandon Gray |date=July 15, 2002 |title=Blessed Business for 'Perdition' as 'Men in Black II' Hangs Onto Top Spot |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed326370308/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 41% based on 172 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The site's consensus states: "''Reign of Fire'' gains some altitude with its pyrotechnic action and a smolderingly campy Matthew McConaughey, but the feature's wings are clipped by a derivative script and visual effects that fizzle out."<ref>{{cite web |title= Reign of Fire |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/reign_of_fire/ |publisher= [[Fandango Media]] | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date= 6 March 2025 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a score of 39 out of 100, based on 30 reviews from critics.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title= Reign of Fire |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/reign-of-fire |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= 4 May 2020 }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= REIGN OF FIRE (2002) B |work= [[CinemaScore]]  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

Joe Leydon of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said of the film, "An uncommonly exciting and satisfying post-apocalyptic popcorn flick, director [[Rob Bowman (director)|Rob Bowman]] deftly combines an uncommonly satisfying mix of medieval fantasy, high-tech military action and ''[[Mad Max]]''-style misadventure."<ref>{{cite web |last= Leydon |first= Joe |title= Reign of Fire |url= https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/reign-of-fire-1200547364/ |website= Variety |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170928175126/http://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/reign-of-fire-1200547364/ |archive-date= 28 September 2017 |date= 12 July 2002 }}{{rating|3|4}}</ref> [[Lisa Schwarzbaum]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a B grade, saying "the season could do with more grinning, spinning, un-self-important, happy-to-be-B throwback movies like this one."<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Schwarzbaum |first= Lisa |title= Reign of Fire |url= https://ew.com/article/2002/07/10/reign-fire-2/ |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= 10 July 2002 }}</ref> [[Elvis Mitchell]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted that "the movie might have been a minor classic if it had maximized its own possibilities. But until the rush wears off, the picture is as much fun as a great run at a slot machine: even when your luck runs out, you're losing only pocket change."<ref>{{cite news |last1= Mitchell |first1= Elvis |title= FILM REVIEW; Fire-Breathing Dragons Make It Hot for Humans |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C06E4D81330F931A25754C0A9649C8B63&mcubz=3 |access-date= 28 September 2017 |work= [[The New York Times]] |date= July 12, 2002 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170928180244/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C06E4D81330F931A25754C0A9649C8B63&mcubz=3 |archive-date= 28 September 2017 }}{{rating|4|5}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film one star out of four, describing it as "a vast enterprise marshaled in the service of such a minute idea", adding that "the movie makes no sense on its own terms, let alone ours. And it is such a grim and dreary enterprise. One prays for a flower or a ray of sunshine as those grotty warriors clamber into their cellars and over their slag heaps."<ref>{{cite web |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= Reign Of Fire Movie Review & Film Summary (2002) |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reign-of-fire-2002 |website= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= July 12, 2002 }}{{Rating|1|4}}</ref>

=== Awards and nominations ===
''Reign of Fire'' was nominated for one [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Saturn Award]] (but lost to ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'') and two [[Sitges Film Festival]] awards, winning one.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date= 7 March 2003 |last1= Phillips |first1= Jevon |title= 'Towers,' 'Report' top Saturn nominees |url= https://variety.com/2003/digital/awards/towers-report-top-saturn-nominees-1117881826/ |website= Variety }}</ref><ref name="sitges" />
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| Best Film
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