The Specialist

1994 | Action, Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Scores

Overall Score
73.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
79.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
90.9%
Review Aggregate
28.1

Critic Consensus

16.7% Fresh • 18 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 17% of 18 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, emotional, pacing issues. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotemotionalpacing issuescharacter-drivensuspensefulaction-packed

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Sylvester Stallone1994$3,882,000$8,217,000(est)
Sharon Stone1994$5,000,000 source$10,583,670reported
James Woods1994$1,799,000$3,808,000(est)
Rod Steiger1994$1,471,000$3,114,000(est)
Eric Roberts1994$1,258,000$2,663,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score10.0
RT critic review count31
Rotten Tomatoes audience score29.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.6
IMDb votes72,302

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1994$57,362,584$121,421,336
International1994N/AN/A
Worldwide1994$57,362,584$121,421,336

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 Revenue1994$28,681,292$60,710,668
Digital Rentals ?1994N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1994N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1994$53,585,000$113,425,195
Physical Purchases ?1994$49,460,000$104,693,667
TV & Streaming Revenue1994$14,340,646$30,355,334
Total Revenues1994$146,066,938$309,184,864
Expenses
Budget ?1994$45,000,000$95,253,033
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1994$13,320,000 (est)$28,194,898 (est)
Participations1994$11,685,000$24,734,038
Residuals ?1994$8,305,000$17,579,476
Interest & Overhead1994$7,650,000$16,193,016
Total Expenses1994$85,960,000$181,954,461
Movie Net Profit or Loss1994$60,106,938$127,230,404

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