Slow" - The Crystal Method "Hero of the Day" - Metallica "Start Something" - Lostprophets Reception Box office Annapolis grossed $17.5 million worldwide. It made $7.7 million in its opening weekend, finishing fourth, then $3.4 million and $1.4 million in the following weekends. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 10% based on 114 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Stocked with leading men who look the part but lacking an iota of original plot, Annapolis is merely a watery shadow of superior seafaring military dramas." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 37 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Brian Lowry of Variety wrote: "James Franco and Tyrese Gibson scowl and strut and should make the hearts of teenage girls all atwitter, and that's about the only audience that won't see most of the punches telegraphed well in advance." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 1.5 out of 4, and wrote: "It is the anti-Sundance film, an exhausted wheeze of bankrupt cliches and cardboard characters, the kind of film that has no visible reason for existing, except that everybody got paid." Navy response Upon reviewing the script, the Chief of Naval Information commented: This picture was made without the support of the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense ... the story depicted in the script did not accurately portray the Academy, its standards for training, and its methods of shaping midshipmen mentally, morally and physically for service in the U.S. Navy. Based on this, the producers were not allowed further access to the Academy grounds or provided with any other support for the filming. Navy personnel should avoid the appearance of support to the film as members of the Department of the Navy. Anyone attending a screening or promotional activity for the film should not attend in uniform. Due to the lack of access to Annapolis Naval Academy, filming took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Girard College and at the decommissioned Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, UK. References External links Official Annapolis DVD site 2006 films 2006 drama films American drama films 2000s English-language films Films scored by Brian Tyler Films