Box office Southpaw grossed $52.4 million in North America and $38.5 million in other territories for a total gross of $94.2 million, against a budget of $30 million.
Critical response The
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 59%, based on 238 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Jake Gyllenhaal delivers an impressively committed performance, but
Southpaw beats it down with a dispiriting drama that pummels viewers with genre clichés." On
Metacritic, the film has a score of 57 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On
CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Soren Anderson of
The Seattle Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "
Southpaw, a boxing movie with a theme of redemption, is redeemed by the performances of its two main actors, Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker." Ty Burr of
The Boston Globe gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "This is a genre with especially sturdy bones, and when
Southpaw connects, which is more often than you might expect, you feel it down to your toes." Ann Hornaday of
The Washington Post gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "
Southpaw may be rote, predictable and mawkish, but none of those faults lie in its star. Even when he looks like an unholy mess, he transcends the movie he's in." Steven Rea of
The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three out of four stars, saying "What keeps this cornball business from getting out of hand is the commitment of Gyllenhaal, whose performance is fierce and muscular, in and out of the ring." Michael Phillips of the
Chicago Tribune gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "The script may have hamburger for brains, but Fuqua slams it home with the help of actors who give their all – even when giving a little less might have made things more interesting." Peter Howell of the
Toronto Star gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "This isn't great cinema, but it's satisfying movie-making, with nothing more on its mind than telling a heart-tugging story."
A. O. Scott of
The New York Times said, "I wish I could say
Southpaw was a knockout, or even a contender, that it went the distance or scored on points. But it's strictly an undercard bout, displaying enough heart and skill to keep the paying customers from getting too restless." Benjamin Nugent of
The New York Times has compared the film to Robert De Niro stating, "Pity Jake Gyllenhaal, who despite getting shredded for
Southpaw, could not outbox the shadow of Robert De Niro's
Raging Bull performance." Chris Nashawaty of
Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+, saying "Just as director Antoine Fuqua starts to close in on something interesting and unexpected, he retreats to the safety of his corner and gives us what we've seen too many times before: a predictable flurry of melodramatic jabs." Barbara VanDenburgh of
The Arizona Republic gave the film three out of five stars, saying "
Southpaw is all about the fist. There's no delicate footwork here, no lingering grace notes. It's a film played entirely in power chords."
James Berardinelli of
ReelViews gave the film three out of four stars, saying "
Southpaw isn't content with presenting a gallery of clichéd characters. It takes the time to put flesh on the bones." Colin Covert of the
Star Tribune gave the film one out of four stars, slamming Gyllenhaal's performance, saying "As a troubled slugger, Gyllenhaal is impressively muscle-bound, but gives no knockout performance. His work drags on like 12 rounds of fistfight fatigue."
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