For Love of the Game

1999 | Drama, Romance, Sport, Baseball, Sports, Team Sport

Synopsis

A Detroit Tigers pitcher handles personal and professional crises.

Scores

Overall Score
72.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
70.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
82.3%
Review Aggregate
61.5

Critic Consensus

46.8% Fresh • 94 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 47% of 94 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, emotional, macabre. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticemotionalmacabregrittysuspensefulrealisticvisually strikingstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Kevin Costner1999$6,901,000$12,995,000(est)
Kelly Preston1999$4,248,000$7,999,000(est)
John C. Reilly1999$3,198,000$6,023,000(est)
Jena Malone1999$2,615,000$4,924,000(est)
Brian Cox1999$2,237,000$4,212,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score47.0
RT critic review count97
Rotten Tomatoes audience score75.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.6
IMDb votes39,574

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1999$35,188,640$66,258,563
International1999$10,924,000$20,569,381
Worldwide1999$46,112,640$86,827,944

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 Revenue1999$21,963,920$41,357,034
Digital Rentals ?1999N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1999N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1999$23,655,000$44,541,258
Physical Purchases ?1999$30,574,000$57,569,412
TV & Streaming Revenue1999$8,797,160$16,564,641
Total Revenues1999$84,990,080$160,032,345
Expenses
Budget ?1999$80,000,000$150,636,258
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1999$17,681,000 (est)$33,292,496 (est)
Participations1999$1,700,000$3,201,020
Residuals ?1999$4,426,000$8,333,951
Interest & Overhead1999$12,000,000$22,595,439
Total Expenses1999$115,807,000$218,059,164
Movie Net Profit or Loss1999$-30,816,920$-58,026,819

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