Editing The Negotiator (section)

==Reception==

===Box office===
''The Negotiator'' made $10.2 million in its opening weekend,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press-saving-private-ryan/144198778/ |title='Saving Private Ryan' stays at No. 1; 'Parent Trap' No. 2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404214104/https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press-saving-private-ryan/144198778/ |date=August 3, 1998 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |page=11 |publisher=[[Johnson City Press]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> finishing fourth at the box office, behind ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', ''[[The Parent Trap (1998 film)|The Parent Trap]]'' and ''[[There's Something About Mary]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-saving-private/124142232/ |title='Saving Private Ryan' keeps No. 1 slot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506130347/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-saving-private/124142232/ |date=August 3, 1998 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |page=27 |publisher=[[Oshkosh Northwestern|The Oshkosh Northwestern]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="numbers">{{cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Negotiator-The#tab=summary |title=The Negotiator (1998) |website=The Numbers |access-date=July 3, 2016}}</ref> It went on to finish with a worldwide gross of $88 million. Warner Bros. spent $40.3 million promoting the film, and lost an estimated $13 million after all revenues and expenses were factored together.<ref name=SlateLosses>{{cite news|last1=Jay Epstein|first1=Edward|title=Hollywood's Profits, Demystified|url=https://slate.com/culture/2005/08/hollywood-s-profits-demystified.html|access-date=May 5, 2020|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=August 5, 2005}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Negotiator'' holds an approval rating of 74%, based on 58 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "''The Negotiator''{{'}}s battle of wits doesn't wholly justify its excessive length, but confident direction by F. Gary Gray and formidable performances makes this a situation audiences won't mind being hostage to."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |type=movie |id=the_negotiator |access-date=2025-02-25}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score 62 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Metacritic film}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 7, 1998 |author1=EW Staff |title=Critical Mass |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/08/07/critical-mass-36/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=December 7, 2022 }}</ref>

[[Emanuel Levy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Teaming for the first time Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson, arguably the two best actors of their generation, in perfectly fitting roles is a shrewd move and the best element of this fact-inspired but [[wikt:overwrought|overwrought]] thriller." [[Roger Ebert]], in his ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' review, calls ''The Negotiator'' "a triumph of style over story, and of acting over characters...Much of the movie simply consists of closeups of the two of them talking, but it's not simply dialogue because the actors make it more—invest it with conviction and urgency..."<ref>{{cite news |date=July 29, 1998 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=THE NEGOTIATOR |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-negotiator-1998 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |publisher=RogerEbert.com |access-date=1 October 2022 }}</ref>

[[Mick LaSalle]], in his less-than-enthusiastic review for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', had the most praise for Spacey's performance: "Kevin Spacey is the main reason to see ''The Negotiator''...Spacey's special gift is his ability to make sanity look radiant...In ''The Negotiator'', as in ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'', he gives us a man uniquely able to accept, face and deal with the truth."<ref>{{cite news|last1=LaSalle|first1=Mick|title=Spacey, Jackson Negotiate A Fun Action-Drama Flick|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Spacey-Jackson-Negotiate-A-Fun-Action-Drama-Flick-2999183.php|access-date=7 October 2015|work=San Francisco Chronicle|publisher=SFGate.com|date=July 29, 1998}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Subject
! Result
|-
|[[Saturn Award]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film|Best Action or Adventure Film]]
|rowspan=2|David Hoberman & [[Arnon Milchan]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[American Black Film Festival]]
|Black Film Award for Best Film
|{{won}}
|-
|Black Film Award for Best Director
|[[F. Gary Gray]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Black Film Award for Best Actor
|rowspan=3|[[Samuel L. Jackson]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Blockbuster Entertainment Award]]
|Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[NAACP Image Award]]
|[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}