ater . ▁G ross ing ▁$ 1 0 , 0 6 7 , 6 0 9 ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁week end , ▁it ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁gross ▁$ 5 7 , 1 3 8 , 7 1 9 ▁in ▁the ▁domestic ▁market . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁box - office ▁success , ▁and ▁brought ▁back ▁its ▁$ 2 3 ▁million ▁budget . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Un law ful ▁Entry ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics , ▁as ▁it ▁holds ▁a ▁ 7 3 % ▁rating ▁on ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁based ▁on ▁ 3 3 ▁reviews . ▁Aud ien ces ▁pol led ▁by ▁Cinema Score ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁" B " ▁on ▁an ▁A + ▁to ▁F ▁scale . ▁ ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁pra ised ▁director ▁Jonathan ▁Kap lan ▁for ▁giving ▁the ▁film ' s ▁story ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁real ism ▁with ▁its ▁locations , ▁characters ▁with ▁" un rest rained ▁real ism " ▁from ▁the ▁actors ▁and ▁having ▁" undert ones ▁of ▁a ▁serious ▁social ▁drama " ▁when ▁confront ing ▁fear s ▁about ▁a ▁del us ional ▁police ▁authority . ▁Vari et ys ▁Tod d ▁Mc Car thy ▁wrote ▁that ▁despite ▁being ▁another ▁film ▁that ▁follows ▁in ▁the ▁m ould ▁of ▁F atal ▁Att raction , ▁he ▁called ▁it ▁" a ▁very ▁effective ▁victim ization ▁thr iller ", ▁pra ising ▁both ▁Li otta ▁and ▁Russell ' s ▁performances ▁and ▁Kap lan ' s ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁script ▁into ▁" are as ▁of ▁social ▁and ▁class - structure ▁observations " ▁when ▁dealing