Editing Giant (1956 film) (section)

===Box office===
''Giant'' was a huge box-office success. The film earned $35 million in ticket sales during its original studio release in 1956, a record for a Warner Brothers film until that time. This record was not surpassed until the Warner film ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' in the late 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cowboysindians.com/2016/10/giant-at-60|title=Giant at 60|date=October 24, 2016|accessdate=November 17, 2022|work=Cowboys & Indians}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://modxman.com/2017/07/28/creating-a-giant/ |title=Best Movie About Texas: Creating a True 'Giant' |access-date=February 1, 2020 |archive-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015100647/http://modxman.com/2017/07/28/creating-a-giant/ |url-status=dead }}.</ref>

The movie earned $12 million in rentals in the United States and Canada during its initial release.<ref>"All Time Domestic Champs", ''Variety'', January 6, 1960, p.&nbsp;34</ref> It did not perform as well in other markets where it made around half as much,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-05#page/n226/mode/1up|title=Vagaries of Overseas Playoff|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 27, 1959|page=3|access-date=June 16, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> but it was one of the biggest hits of the year in France, with admissions of 3,723,209.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/france-1957-c22750201 |title=Box Office France 1957 |last=Soyer|first=Renaud |work=Box Office Story|date=November 9, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref>