Most Wanted

1997 | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Chase, Quest

Synopsis

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops team, then gets framed for murder when the team and its officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.

Scores

Overall Score
41.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
37.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
50.9%
Review Aggregate
34.0

Critic Consensus

15.8% Fresh • 19 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 16% of 19 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, thin plot, suspenseful. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

funnythin plotsuspensefulaction-packedcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Keenen Ivory Wayans1997$1,406,000$2,748,000(est)
Jon Voight1997$865,000$1,691,000(est)
Jill Hennessy1997$652,000$1,273,000(est)
Paul Sorvino1997$533,000$1,041,000(est)
Robert Culp1997$456,000$891,000(est)
Wolfgang Bodison1997$401,000$784,000(est)
Simon Baker1997$360,000$704,000(est)
Eric Roberts1997$328,000$641,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score15.0
RT critic review count26
Rotten Tomatoes audience score40.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating5.6
IMDb votes6,622

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1997$6,391,946$12,493,168
International1997N/AN/A
Worldwide1997$6,391,946$12,493,168

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 Revenue1997$3,195,973$6,246,584
Digital Rentals ?1997N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1997N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1997$14,185,000$27,724,826
Physical Purchases ?1997$18,952,000$37,042,009
TV & Streaming Revenue1997$1,534,067$2,998,360
Total Revenues1997$37,867,040$74,011,779
Expenses
Budget ?1997$25,000,000$48,862,928
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1997$3,499,000 (est)$6,838,855 (est)
Participations1997$1,515,000$2,961,093
Residuals ?1997$2,517,000$4,919,520
Interest & Overhead1997$4,250,000$8,306,698
Total Expenses1997$36,781,000$71,889,095
Movie Net Profit or Loss1997$1,086,040$2,122,684

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