▁Fire fig h ter ▁Ed ▁Re illy , ▁Lad der ▁Company ▁ 4 9 ▁Sp encer ▁Ber gl und ▁as ▁Nick y ▁Mor r ison ▁Bro oke ▁Ham lin ▁as ▁K atie ▁Mor r ison ▁Sam ▁Stock dale ▁as ▁Him self ▁Paul ▁Nov ak , ▁Jr . ▁as ▁the ▁Dis patch er ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Baltimore ▁Martin ▁O ' Mal ley ▁as ▁himself ▁ ▁Songs ▁Rob bie ▁Robert son ▁contributed ▁the ▁film ' s ▁theme ▁song , ▁" Sh ine ▁Your ▁Light ". ▁He ▁also ▁composed ▁an ▁ad ag io ▁for ▁the ▁end ▁cred its . ▁The ▁film ▁also ▁features ▁" L ove ▁S ne ak in ' ▁Up ▁On ▁You " ▁by ▁Bon nie ▁Ra itt , ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Lad der ▁ 4 9 ▁gross ed ▁$ 7 4 , 4 6 3 , 2 6 3 ▁at ▁the ▁US ▁box ▁office ▁and ▁$ 1 0 2 , 3 3 2 , 8 4 8 ▁world wide . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁On ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁an ▁appro val ▁rating ▁of ▁ 4 1 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 6 4 ▁reviews , ▁and ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 5 . 3 5 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" Inst ead ▁of ▁human izing ▁the ▁fire men , ▁the ▁movie ▁id ol izes ▁them , ▁and ▁thus ▁rend ers ▁them ▁into ▁card board ▁characters ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a