Editing The Negotiator (section)

===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>