Daylight

1996 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Disaster

Synopsis

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.

Scores

Overall Score
73.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
81.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
82.5%
Review Aggregate
39.1

Critic Consensus

37.9% Fresh • 29 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 38% of 29 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, coming of age, character-driven. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotcoming of agecharacter-drivensuspensefulstylizedfunny

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Sylvester Stallone1996$17,500,000 source$34,988,848reported
Amy Brenneman1996$3,134,000$6,265,000(est)
Viggo Mortensen1996$2,359,000$4,717,000(est)
Dan Hedaya1996$1,929,000$3,857,000(est)
Jay O. Sanders1996$1,650,000$3,299,000(est)
Karen Young1996$1,452,000$2,904,000(est)
Claire Bloom1996$1,304,000$2,607,000(est)
Barry Newman1996$1,187,000$2,374,000(est)
Stan Shaw1996$1,093,000$2,186,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score28.0
RT critic review count46
Rotten Tomatoes audience score37.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.0
IMDb votes79,836

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1996$33,023,468$66,025,892
International1996N/AN/A
Worldwide1996$33,023,468$66,025,892

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue1996$16,511,734$33,012,946
Digital Rentals ?1996N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1996N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1996$33,507,000$66,992,648
Physical Purchases ?1996$39,698,000$79,370,703
TV & Streaming Revenue1996$8,255,867$16,506,473
Total Revenues1996$97,972,601$195,882,770
Expenses
Budget ?1996$80,000,000$159,949,020
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1996$12,153,000 (est)$24,298,256 (est)
Participations1996$1,959,000$3,916,752
Residuals ?1996$5,804,000$11,604,301
Interest & Overhead1996$12,000,000$23,992,353
Total Expenses1996$111,916,000$223,760,682
Movie Net Profit or Loss1996$-13,943,399$-27,877,913

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