Editing JFK (film) (section)

=== Box-office ===
''JFK'' was released in theaters on December 20, 1991. In its first week of release, ''JFK'' tied with ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' for fifth place in the U.S. box office and its critics began to say it was a [[Box office bomb|flop]].<ref name="Riordan, James22"/> Warner Bros. executives argued that this was at least partly because the film's long running time meant it had had fewer screenings than other films.<ref name="Riordan, James22"/> Box-office picked up momentum, however, in part due to a $15&nbsp;million marketing campaign from the studio.<ref name="Salewicz, Chris7"/> By the first week in January 1992, it had grossed over [[USD|$]]50&nbsp;million worldwide, eventually earning over $200&nbsp;million worldwide and $70&nbsp;million in the United States during its initial run.<ref>{{cite web |title = ''JFK'' |website = Box Office Mojo |url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jfk.htm |access-date = May 1, 2007 |archive-date = April 3, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090403121607/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jfk.htm |url-status = live }}</ref>

Garrison's estate subsequently sued [[Warner Bros.]] for a share of the film's profits, alleging fraud perpetrated through a book-keeping practice known as "[[Hollywood accounting]]".<ref name= "associatedpress">{{cite news | title = Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Film Studios | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = June 18, 1996 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EFDA1439F93BA25755C0A960958260 | access-date = November 26, 2007 | archive-date = December 10, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071210021302/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EFDA1439F93BA25755C0A960958260 | url-status = live }}</ref> The lawsuit contended that ''JFK'' made in excess of $150&nbsp;million worldwide but the studio claimed that, under its "[[net profit]]s" accounting formula, the film earned no money, and that Garrison's estate did not receive any of the more than $1&nbsp;million net profits income he was due.<ref name="associatedpress"/>