Editing The Hudsucker Proxy (section)

===Commercial reception===
[[Warner Bros.]] held [[test screening]]s and audience comments were largely mixed. The studio suggested re-shoots, but the Coens, who held [[final cut privilege]], refused because they were very nervous working with their biggest budget to date and were eager for mainstream success. The producers eventually added footage that had been cut and also shot minor [[Pick-up (filmmaking)|pick-up]]s for the ending.<ref name=Silver/> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' claimed that the pick-ups were done to try to save the film because Warner feared it was going to be a [[box office bomb]]. Joel Coen addressed the issue in an interview: "First of all, they weren't reshoots. They were a little bit of additional footage. We wanted to shoot a fight scene at the end of the movie. It was the product of something we discovered editing the movie, not previewing it. We've done additional shooting on every movie, so it's normal."<ref name=Silver/>

The film premiered in January 1994 at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in [[Park City, Utah]].<ref>{{cite news | author = Caryn James | title = Critic's Notebook; For Sundance, Struggle to Survive Success | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 1994-01-25 | access-date = 2009-04-11 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/25/movies/critic-s-notebook-for-sundance-struggle-to-survive-success.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm}}</ref> In addition, ''The Hudsucker Proxy'' opened the [[1994 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3007961/year/1994.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Hudsucker Proxy |access-date=2009-08-27|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> on May 12, 1994. The film was in competition for the [[Palme d'Or]], but lost to ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''.<ref>{{cite news | author = Staff | url = https://variety.com/1994/film/news/euro-pix-man-cannes-120356/ | title = Euro pix man Cannes | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 1994-04-21 | access-date = 2008-11-21}}</ref> ''The Hudsucker Proxy'' was released on March 11, 1994, and only grossed $2,816,518 in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hudsuckerproxy.htm | title = The Hudsucker Proxy | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date = 2008-11-17}}</ref> Worldwide, it grossed $11.3 million.<ref name=chumps/> The production budget was officially set at [[United States dollar|$]]25 million,<ref name=Silver/> although, it was reported to have increased to $40 million for marketing and promotion purposes. The film was a box office bomb.<ref name=manner/>