Editing Unforgiven (section)

===Box office===
The film debuted at the top position in its opening weekend.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=August 18, 1992 |title=Weekend Box Office: Eastwood Still Tall in the Saddle |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-18-ca-5744-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2010 |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402055245/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-18/entertainment/ca-5744_1_weekend-box-office |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=August 25, 1992 |title=Weekend Box Office: 'Unforgiven' at Top for Third Week |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-25-ca-6052-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2010 |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402055251/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-25/entertainment/ca-6052_1_weekend-box-office |url-status=live}}</ref> Its earnings of $15&nbsp;million ($7,252 average from 2,071 theaters) in its opening weekend was the best-ever opening for a Clint Eastwood film at that time.{{sfn|McGilligan|1999|p=473}} This was also the highest August opening weekend, holding that record until it was surpassed a year later by ''[[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109292457/the-fugitive-leads-at-box-office/ |title='The Fugitive' leads at box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914190918/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109292457/the-fugitive-leads-at-box-office/ |date=August 9, 1993 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |page=19 |publisher=[[The Oshkosh Northwestern]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It spent a total of three weeks as the number-one film in North America. In its 35th weekend (April 2–4, 1993), capitalizing on its Oscar wins, the film returned to the top 10 (spending another three weeks total there), ranking at number eight with a gross of $2.5&nbsp;million ($2,969 average from 855 theaters), an improvement of 197% over the weekend before, when it made $855,188 ($1,767 average from 484 theaters). The film closed on July 15, 1993, having spent nearly a full year in theaters (343 days / 49 weeks), having earned $101.2&nbsp;million in North America, and another $58&nbsp;million internationally for a total of $159.2&nbsp;million worldwide.{{sfn|McGilligan|1999|p=476}}