<P> Principal photography began in early January 2017 in New Mexico . Mines near Orogrande, New Mexico, were used . Later the shooting took place in Socorro, where it ended on January 26 after eight days of filming . The film was also shot in Alamogordo, using the White Sands National Monument as shooting location . The scenes involving military encampments were filmed using 20 structures leased from AKS Military, a private manufacturer of military shelters . </P> <P> As of March 23, 2018, 12 Strong has grossed $45.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $16.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $62.4 million, against a production budget of $35 million . </P> <P> In the United States and Canada, 12 Strong was released on January 19, 2018 alongside Den of Thieves and Forever My Girl, as well as the wide expansions of Phantom Thread, I, Tonya and Call Me by Your Name, and was projected to gross $15--20 million from 3,002 theaters in its opening weekend . It ended up debuting to $16.5 million, similar to the $16.1 million that war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi opened to in January 2016, and finished second at the box office behind Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle . According to ComScore, 55% of the opening weekend audience was male, with 79% being over the age of 25 . The following week dropped 45% to $8.6 million, finishing 6th at the box office . </P> <P> On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 54% based on 140 reviews, and an average rating of 5.6 / 10 . The website's critical consensus reads, "12 Strong has a solid cast, honorable intentions, and a thrilling, fact - based story--all of which are occasionally enough to balance a disappointing lack of depth or nuance ." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on reviews from 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave an 81% overall positive score . </P>

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