Editing Cobra (1986 film) (section)

===Box office===
''Cobra'' opened the widest for a Warner Bros. release at the time<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 21, 1986|page=4|title=Warner Gears Up For Biggest Break Ever With 'Cobra'|last=Gold|first=Richard}}</ref> opening on 2,131 screens and debuted at number one at the U.S. box office with a [[Memorial Day]] weekend debut of $15.7 million.<ref name="Scott">{{cite news |date= May 29, 1986 |author= Vernon Scott |title= 'Cobra' Biggest Draw For Box-office Bucks |work= Sun Sentinel |url= http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-05-29/features/8602010901_1_poltergeist-ii-top-gun-short-circuit |access-date= November 8, 2010 |archive-date= May 28, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120528052824/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-05-29/features/8602010901_1_poltergeist-ii-top-gun-short-circuit |url-status= dead }}</ref> It eventually went on to gross $160 million,<ref name="1986 Worldwide box-office" /> over six times its estimated $25 million budget.<ref name="Cronin" /> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', the film was still considered a disappointment because its $48 million at the box office in the US did not live up to the success of Rambo.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 8, 1986 |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |title=HOW SUMMER'S FILMS RANKED AT BOX OFFICE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/08/movies/how-summer-s-films-ranked-at-box-office.html |website=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref>