Editing Get Carter (section)

===Box office===
''Get Carter'' was a financial success, and according to Steve Chibnall its box office takings were "very respectable". On its opening week at [[ABC2 Shaftesbury Avenue|ABC2]] cinema at [[Shaftesbury Avenue]], London, it broke the house record, taking £8,188. It out-performed ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii]]'', which was showing in the larger ABC1. It also performed strongly when moved to the ABCs in [[Edgware, London, England|Edgware]] and [[Fulham Road]]. On its general release in the North of England, Chibnall notes it had a "very strong first week", before an unseasonal heatwave damaged cinema attendance. Chibnall writes that "Interestingly, although [the film's] downbeat and unsentimental tone is now thought to express the mood of its times, the mass cinema audience preferred ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' ([[Arthur Hiller]] 1970), which remained the most popular film in Britain throughout ''Get Carter'''s run".<ref name="Ch93"/> It was the sixth-most popular "general release" movie at the British box office in 1971.<ref>Peter Waymark. "Richard Burton top draw in British cinemas". Times [London, England] 30 Dec. 1971: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.</ref>