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==Reception== ===Box office=== For its opening weekend, the film grossed $25 million, beating out ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' to reach the number one spot.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Rock' rolls at U.S. box office |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/06/10/The-Rock-rolls-at-US-box-office/3156834379200/ |access-date=26 February 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=10 June 1996 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226220501/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/06/10/The-Rock-rolls-at-US-box-office/3156834379200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon opening, it surpassed ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' to achieve the highest opening weekend for a live-action Disney film.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-the-rock-rolls-int/157084202/ |title='The Rock' rolls into first place at the box office |date=June 11, 1996 |access-date=October 14, 2024 |page=10 |publisher=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> It would be overtaken by ''[[The Cable Guy]]'' during its second weekend, earning $18.5 million with a 26.2% decline.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-press-first-place-finish-doesn/124170494/ |title=First-place finish doesn't tell story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506230752/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-press-first-place-finish-doesn/124170494/ |date=June 18, 1996 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |page=9 |publisher=[[The Star Press]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film would hold well in its third weekend, collecting $14.3 million and ranking third behind ''[[Eraser (film)|Eraser]]'' and Disney's own ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news-hunchback-could/135213450/ |title='Hunchback' could have staying power |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115003954/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news-hunchback-could/135213450/ |date=June 25, 1996 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |page=12 |publisher=[[Winona Daily News|The Winona Daily News]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> Produced on a $75 million budget, ''The Rock'' grossed a total of $134 million in the U.S. and Canada and $201 million elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $335 million.<ref>{{cite news | title=The Rock Rolls to $23-Million Opening | last=Brennan | first=Judy | date=June 10, 1996 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-10-ca-13463-story.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104193959/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-10/entertainment/ca-13463_1_final-weekend-box-office | archive-date= 2012-11-04 |url-status= live | access-date=February 24, 2013}}</ref> It was the seventh-highest-grossing film for the U.S. box office in 1996, and the fourth highest-grossing U.S. film worldwide that year.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0117500/|title=The Rock (1996)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610131440/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rock.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Critical response=== On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 72 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "For visceral thrills, it can't be beat. Just don't expect ''The Rock'' to engage your brain."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072011-rock/ |title= The Rock |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date= November 24, 2013 |access-date= June 15, 2022 |archive-date= July 26, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200726153313/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072011-rock |url-status= live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-rock |website=Metacritic |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308005303/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-rock |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= ROCK, THE |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] awarded the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, praising it as "a first-rate, slam-bang action thriller with a lot of style and no little humor".<ref>{{cite web |date=June 7, 1996 |title=The Rock Movie Review & Film Summary (1996) |author-link=Roger Ebert |first=Roger |last=Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-rock-1996 |website=www.rogerebert.com |access-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201211/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-rock-1996 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave the film a positive review, commenting "The yarn has its share of gaping holes and jaw-dropping improbabilities, but director Michael Bay sweeps them all aside with his never-take-a-breath pacing."<ref>{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |title=Review: 'The Rock' |url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-rock-2-1200446070/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 3, 1996 |access-date=November 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203073517/http://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-rock-2-1200446070/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Richard Corliss]], writing for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', wrote: "Slick, brutal and almost human, this is the team-spirit action movie ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' should have been."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |title=Cinema: Good Rockin': Finally, summer has a smart, almost human action movie |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984679,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=November 24, 2013 |date=June 10, 1996 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000619/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984679,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Accolades=== ''The Rock'' won several minor awards, including 'Best On-Screen Duo' for Connery and Cage at the [[MTV Movie Awards]]. It was also nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Sound]] ([[Kevin O'Connell (sound mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]], [[Greg P. Russell]] and [[Keith A. Wester]]).<ref name="Oscars1997">{{Cite web | url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/69th-winners.html | title=The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners | date=March 24, 1997 | access-date=February 24, 2013 | publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] | archive-date=October 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006125019/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/69th-winners.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The film was selected for a limited edition DVD release by the [[Criterion Collection]], a distributor of primarily [[arthouse]] films it categorizes as "important classic and contemporary films" and "cinema at its finest". In an essay supporting the selection of ''The Rock'', [[Roger Ebert]], who was strongly critical of most of Bay's later films, gave the film 3 1/2 out of four stars, calling it "an action picture that rises to the top of the genre because of a literate, witty screenplay and skilled craftsmanship in the direction and special effects."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.criterion.com/films/649 | title=The Rock | author=Roger Ebert | author-link=Roger Ebert | date=March 12, 2001 | publisher=The Criterion Collection | access-date=February 18, 2020 | archive-date=August 9, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809043151/https://www.criterion.com/films/649 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/best-action-movies|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|title=The 100 best action movies|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=November 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106073021/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/best-action-movies|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Rock'' was listed at 74th place on the list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-100-best-action-movies-80-71|work=Time Out|access-date=November 7, 2014|title=The 100 best action movies: 80-71|archive-date=November 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107152229/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-100-best-action-movies-80-71|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Tom Reimann from Collider ranked ''The Rock'' as Bay's best film and "a perfect snapshot of the height of 90s action movies".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reimann|first=Tom|date=2019-12-13|title=Every Michael Bay Movie Ranked from Worst to Best|url=https://collider.com/michael-bay-movies-ranked-worst-to-best/|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Collider|language=en-US|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214132938/https://collider.com/michael-bay-movies-ranked-worst-to-best/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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