Playing with Fire

2019 | Comedy, Family

Synopsis

A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.

Scores

Overall Score
73.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
72.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
88.2%
Review Aggregate
49.5

Critic Consensus

23.7% Fresh • 76 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 24% of 76 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, thin plot, funny. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

family-friendlythin plotfunnychristmaspacing issueshistoricalsuspensefullightheartedtragicvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
John Cena2019$1,950,000$2,392,000(est)
Keegan-Michael Key2019$1,200,000$1,472,000(est)
John Leguizamo2019$904,000$1,108,000(est)
Brianna Hildebrand2019$739,000$906,000(est)
Dennis Haysbert2019$632,000$775,000(est)
Judy Greer2019$556,000$682,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score24.0
RT critic review count76
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating5.2
IMDb votes17,396

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2019$44,451,848$54,534,788
International2019$24,960,578$30,622,345
Worldwide2019$69,412,424$85,157,130

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 Revenue2019$32,210,155$39,516,332
Digital Rentals ?2019$4,454,000$5,464,293
Digital Purchases ?2019$5,320,000$6,526,727
Physical Rentals ?2019$2,015,000$2,472,059
Physical Purchases ?2019$5,800,000$7,115,604
TV & Streaming Revenue2019$11,112,962$13,633,697
Total Revenues2019$60,912,117$74,728,713
Expenses
Budget ?2019$29,900,000$36,682,168
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2019$33,663,000 (est)$41,298,723 (est)
Participations2019$1,218,000$1,494,277
Residuals ?2019$1,393,000$1,708,972
Interest & Overhead2019$5,083,000$6,235,969
Total Expenses2019$71,257,000$87,420,108
Movie Net Profit or Loss2019$-10,344,883$-12,691,396

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