Editing Heaven's Gate (film) (section)

===Box office===
Following a brief theatrical release in November 1980, during which the film was poorly received by critics, United Artists decided to pull the film from theaters, re-releasing it in April 1981 in a truncated cut. Despite the efforts to capitalize on the film with a re-release, it was a significant financial failure, earning $3.5 million domestically against its $44 million budget.<ref name=eller>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-box-office-flops-pictures,0,7165703.photogallery#axzz2tJcnZf9r|author=Eller, Claudia|title=The costliest box office flops of all time|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 15, 2014|access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> The film grossed $1.3 million in its opening weekend<ref name=reissue/> and closed after the second week, having grossed only $3.5 million against its $44 million budget.<ref name=Doc/> The film is considered one of the biggest [[List of biggest box-office bombs|box office bomb]]s of all time.<ref name=eller/> Bach claimed that the film needed to make $140 million ({{Inflation|US|140,000,000|1980|fmt=eq}}) to break even.{{sfn|Medved|Medved|1984|p=183}}