Editing The Patriot (2000 film) (section)

===Box office===
''The Patriot'' opened in 3,061 venues at #2 with $22,413,710 domestically in its opening weekend, falling slightly short of expectations (predictions had the film opening #1 with roughly $25 million ahead). The film opened behind [[Warner Bros.]]'s ''[[The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm]]'', which opened at #1 with $41,325,042.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96657&page=1|title=George Clooney "Storms" Box Office|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2000&wknd=26&p=.htm | title=Weekend Box Office Results for June 30 – July 2, 2000 | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=July 3, 2000 | access-date=December 10, 2016}}</ref> The film closed on October 16, 2000, with a domestic total of $113,330,342. It saw a similar level of success in foreign markets, earning $101,964,000 there for a grand total of $215,294,342, against a production budget of $110 million.<ref name=mojo>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=patriot.htm | title=''The Patriot'' (2000) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=October 16, 2000 | access-date=December 10, 2016}}</ref>