Play It to the Bone

1999 | Comedy, Drama, Sport, Adventure, Boxing, Combat Sport, Road Trip, Sports

Synopsis

Two best friends and former middleweight contenders travel to Las Vegas to fight each other for the first time.

Scores

Overall Score
52.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
55.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
62.6%
Review Aggregate
27.2

Critic Consensus

10.0% Fresh • 60 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 10% of 60 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, thin plot, emotional. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

funnythin plotemotionalgrittypacing issueslighthearteduneven tonepsychologicalsatirical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Woody Harrelson1999$1,565,000$2,947,000(est)
Antonio Banderas1999$963,000$1,814,000(est)
Lolita Davidovich1999$725,000$1,366,000(est)
Tom Sizemore1999$593,000$1,117,000(est)
Lucy Liu1999$507,000$955,000(est)
Robert Wagner1999$446,000$841,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score11.0
RT critic review count79
Rotten Tomatoes audience score26.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating5.5
IMDb votes12,644

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1999$8,434,146$15,881,102
International1999$244,666$460,695
Worldwide1999$8,678,812$16,341,797

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$4,314,939$8,124,829
Digital Rentals ?1999N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1999N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1999$15,674,000$29,513,408
Physical Purchases ?1999$20,259,000$38,146,748
TV & Streaming Revenue1999$2,024,195$3,811,464
Total Revenues1999$42,272,134$79,596,450
Expenses
Budget ?1999$24,000,000$45,190,876
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1999$7,114,000 (est)$13,395,329 (est)
Participations1999$1,691,000$3,184,074
Residuals ?1999$2,747,000$5,172,472
Interest & Overhead1999$4,800,000$9,038,175
Total Expenses1999$40,352,000$75,980,927
Movie Net Profit or Loss1999$1,920,134$3,615,523

Similar Movies

Related titles based on shared genres and franchise overlap. View all similar movies
PosterMovieYearMatchOverallEst. Profit
Grudge Match posterGrudge Match2013Shared genres: 672.3$-27,362,555
TwentyFourSeven posterTwentyFourSeven1998Shared genres: 623.8$4,185,805
Million Dollar Baby posterMillion Dollar Baby2004Shared genres: 595.8$88,362,496
Creed posterCreed2015Shared genres: 594.0$37,475,686
The Fighter posterThe Fighter2010Shared genres: 591.8$57,534,301