Reception
The film generally received negative reviews. Based on 29 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 21% of critics gave Daylight a positive review. Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, commenting, "Daylight is the cinematic equivalent of a golden oldies station, where you never encounter anything you haven't grown to love over the years." Empire gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "Daylight is great because it never tries to be any more than it is — a disaster movie with all the special-effects hoopla the '90s can bring."
While Daylight only made $33 million in the US, overseas it took in over $126 million, resulting in gross earnings of $159,212,469 worldwide.
The film won a Golden Reel Award for best Sound Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, Worst Actor (Sylvester Stallone) and Worst Original Song ("Whenever There Is Love").
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