Editing Con Air (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Con Air'' opened June 6, 1997 on 2,824 screens in the United States and Canada and grossed $24.1 million in its opening weekend, [[List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United States|topping the US box office]] above ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-10-ca-1789-story.html|title='Con Air' Flies Over 'Lost World'|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 10, 1997 |access-date=April 7, 2023|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407210934/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-10-ca-1789-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For its second weekend, the film dropped into second place behind ''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'', but still made $15.7 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Horn |first=John |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-despite-armada-of-naysay/133491165/ |title=Despite armada of naysayers, 'Speed 2' debuts in first
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015175338/https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-despite-armada-of-naysay/133491165/ |date=June 18, 1997 |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |page=51 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It also opened in the [[List of 1997 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|UK]], Hong Kong, Israel and parts of Latin America, including Brazil and Mexico grossing $5 million for the weekend, for a total worldwide opening of $29 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hollywood spends more bucks for bangs|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=June 13, 1997|page=29|last=Carver|first=Benedict}}</ref> In the US and Canada, it grossed $15.7 million in its second weekend and $10.4 million in its third, finishing second and third, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2253030913/weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_tab#tabs |title=Con Air |access-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704005812/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2253030913/weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_tab#tabs |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film grossed $101.1&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada, and $122.9&nbsp;million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $224&nbsp;million.<ref name=BOM>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0118880/?ref_=bo_rl_ti "Con Air (1997)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304101512/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0118880/?ref_=bo_rl_ti |date=March 4, 2022 }} ''[[Box Office Mojo]].'' Retrieved: December 29, 2009.</ref>

===Critical response===
According to review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 58% of 71 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "''Con Air'' won't win any awards for believability – and all involved seem cheerfully aware of it, making some of this blockbuster action outing's biggest flaws fairly easy to forgive."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/con_air |title=''Con Air'' (1997) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=November 16, 2022 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224175011/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/con_air |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/con-air |title=''Con Air'' Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=February 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024192647/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/con-air |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210223808/https://m.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]], reviewing the film for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', awarded it three out of four stars, saying it "moves smoothly and with visual style and verbal wit," although he criticized Cage for playing Poe as a "slow-witted [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] type who is very, very earnest and approaches every task with tunnel vision".<ref>{{cite web|first=Roger|last=Ebert|authorlink=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/con-air-1997|title=Con Air Review|website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=June 6, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101074201/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/con-air-1997 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 }}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]], reviewer for ''[[The New York Times]]'' considered ''Con Air'' an exemplar of the "thrill ride genre".<ref>{{cite web|first=Janet|last=Maslin|authorlink=Janet Maslin|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F01E1D81E3DF935A35755C0A961958260|title=Signs and Symbols on a Thrill Ride: Con Air (1997)|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 6, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704005740/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/06/movies/signs-and-symbols-on-a-thrill-ride.html |archive-date=July 4, 2021 }}</ref> In contrast, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' reviewer [[Peter Travers]] decried the "flip, hip"  and ultimately, "depressing ... pandering" present in the treatment.<ref>{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Travers|authorlink=Peter Travers|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/con-air-19970606|title=Con Air|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 6, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831000638/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/con-air-19970606 |archive-date=August 31, 2017|accessdate=December 19, 2011}}</ref>

[[Andrew Johnston (critic)|Andrew Johnston]], reviewer for ''[[Time Out New York]]'', stated: "Leaving [[The Rock (film)|''The Rock'']] last summer, I thought it seemed physically impossible for a more over-the-top action movie to be made. That was pretty short-sighted of me, since it was only a matter of time until producer Jerry Bruckheimer topped himself as he does with the wildly entertaining ''Con Air''."<ref>Time Out New York, June 5–12, 1997, p. 67</ref>

''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' put the film's climactic Las Vegas plane crash at the top of their 2007 list of "The Top Ten Most Horrific Movie Plane Crashes", a decision that was derided by ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/01/flotsam-jetsam-4-2/|title=Flotsam, Jetsam for 01/25/2007|magazine=Wired|via=www.wired.com|date=January 25, 2007|access-date=August 1, 2022|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124130842/https://www.wired.com/2007/01/flotsam-jetsam-4-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[70th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1998">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213426/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "[[How Do I Live]]" <br> Music and Lyrics by [[Diane Warren]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Kevin O'Connell (sound mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]], [[Greg P. Russell]] and [[Art Rochester]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ALMA Award]]s
| Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
| [[Rachel Ticotin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]]
| Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
| "How Do I Live" <br> Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| Favorite Actor – Action/Adventure
| [[Nicolas Cage]] {{small|(also for ''[[Face/Off]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Action/Adventure
| [[John Cusack]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Action/Adventure
| Rachel Ticotin
| {{nom}}
|-
| Favorite Song from a Movie
| [[Trisha Yearwood]] – "How Do I Live"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| Film Music Award
| [[Mark Mancina]]
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="3"| Bogey Awards
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[18th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426070620/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |title=1997 Archive |last=Wilson |first=John |publisher=[[Wayback Machine]] |date=March 23, 1998}}</ref><ref>Wilson, John. [http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37 "1997 Archive."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017202441/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=37 |date=October 17, 2014 }} ''Golden Raspberry Awards.'' Retrieved: December 20, 2011.</ref>
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
| "How Do I Live" <br> Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]]
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Dialogue & ADR]]
| David Williams, Robert Ulrich, Gail Clark Burch, Jeff Clark, Richard Corwin, <br> Susan Kurtz, Carin Rogers, Zack Davis, Stephen Janisz and Kerry Dean Williams
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects & Foley]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[40th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/40th-annual-grammy-awards| title=1997 Grammy Award Winners| publisher=Grammy.com| access-date=1 May 2011| archive-date=August 17, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817154747/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/40th-annual-grammy-awards| url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television]]
| "How Do I Live" <br> Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jupiter Award (film award)#20th Jupiter Award / 1998|Jupiter Awards]]
| Best International Actor
| Nicolas Cage {{small|(also for ''Face/Off'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |title=2nd Annual Film Awards (1997) |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016002955/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Best Original Song
| "How Do I Live" <br> Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[24th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Steve Buscemi]]
| {{nom}}
|}