Devils on the Doorstep several times to collect resources for "Devils on the Doorstep". According to Box Office Mojo, "Devils on the Doorstep" opened in a single cinema in the United States on 18 December 2002. In its 65 days in theater, the film grossed a meager US$18,944. "Devils on the Doorstep" was screened at the National Film Theatre in London, United Kingdom on 28 March and 29 March 2006. A dialogue between Jiang Wen and British director Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient", "The Talented Mr. Ripley") was initially arranged to take place after the screening on 28 March, but Jiang was eventually unable
Ripley's Game (film) rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews. Roger Ebert added "Ripley's Game" to his "Great Movies" list, calling it "the best of the four" Ripley films he had seen ("Purple Noon", "The American Friend", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Ripley's Game") and Malkovich "precisely the Tom Ripley I imagine when I read the novels," praising what he felt to be "one of [his] most brilliant and insidious performances." Ebert criticized the decision not to release the film theatrically in North America, writing: "The failure to open it theatrically was a shameful blunder." Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" gave the film