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===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>
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