From one ofthe best movies about the space raceinThe Right Stuff,to disgusting audiences to wonderful effect inCoralie Fargeat’s Oscar-winningThe Substance,Dennis Quaidhas been involved in many high-rated projects. After his earlier 2025 project alongsideWyatt Russell,Broke, shot to a huge 91% from critics on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, attention has now turned to his second big-screen project of the year:Sovereign.
Set to debut in theaters on July 11, the same day asJames Gunn’sSuperman, eyes have turned to the earlyRotten Tomatoesscore ofSovereignto see whether it can keep up with Quaid’s strong recent record of well-received projects. Despite receiving just 11 reviews at the time of writing,Sovereignofficially has a strong Rotten Tomatoes critics' score of 82%, which, although lower than bothBrokeandThe Substance, still marks Quaid’s joint third-best critics' score on the site since all the way back to 2010, when he played former President Bill Clinton inThe Special Relationship.
Also starring the ever-brilliantNick OffermanandThe Little Mermaid’sJacob TremblayandLast Man StandingstarNancy Travis,among others, and written and directed byProud Mary’sChristian Swegal,Sovereignis a movie inspired by true events. A true crime thriller that pulls none of its many punches, the film follows a father and his son, “who follow the Sovereign Citizen belief system, a deeply anti-establishment worldview rooted in distrust of government authority.” The synopsis continues, “As the pair travel across the country delivering self-taught legal seminars and pushing back against systems they believe have failed them, their journey brings them into conflict with Police Chief Jim Bouchart (Quaid), setting off a tragic chain of events that forces a reckoning with power, principle, and the limits of freedom.”
What is ‘Sovereign’s Box Office Competition?
If releasing alongsideSupermanwasn’t hard enough,Sovereignarguably faces the most difficult batch of box office opponents of the year so far. After a 2025-best opening weekend, the hardest of these opponents is likely to be the big-budgetJurassic World Rebirth, with Universal’sHow to Train Your Dragonremake andJoseph Kosinski’s pulse-racingF1following suit. Elsewhere in theaters,Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningand Disney’s live-actionLilo & Stitchremake offer long-standing competition, with the likes of Pixar’sElioandDanny BoyleandAlex Garland’s28 Years Lateralso proving fairly popular.
Sovereignis in theaters this weekend. Stay tuned to Collider for more on the latest movies.
