Reception
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Quarantine, which was not screened for American critics, received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 59% of critics gave positive reviews based on 77 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an aggregate score of 54%, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".
Quarantine received a 70% from Bloody Disgusting and Fangoria gave the film a 87.5%. Empire was lukewarm in its response, but critical of the rushed and copied-verbatim style of the remake.
Jaume Balagueró, who wrote and directed the quadrilogy, expressed distaste to Quarantine by saying, "It’s impossible for me to like, because it’s a copy. It’s exactly the same, except for the finale. It’s impossible to enjoy Quarantine after . I don’t understand why they avoided the religious themes; they lost a very important part of the end of the movie."
On its opening day, the film grossed $5,379,867, ranking #1 in the box office. The film opened at #2, behind the second weekend of Beverly Hills Chihuahua, earning $14,211,321 in its opening weekend. Its total gross is $41,319,906 worldwide.
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