Editing Animal House (section)

===Box office===
In its opening weekend, ''Animal House'' grossed $276,538 in twelve theaters in New York before expanding to 500 theaters.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 2, 1978|page=6|title=More 'Animal House' For Screen; Extol U's 'Intelligent Cooperation'|last=Klain|first=Stephen}}</ref><ref name="boxoffice">{{cite web |title=''National Lampoon's Animal House'' |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=animalhouse.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619213514/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=animalhouse.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2007 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> It grossed $120.1 million (${{Inflation|index=US|value=120100000|start_year=1978|fmt=c}} in today's money) in the United States and Canada in its initial release and went on to achieve a lifetime gross of $141.6 million, generating [[theatrical rental]]s of $70.8 million.<ref name="boxoffice"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1997/digital/features/rental-champs-rate-of-return-1116680329/|title=Rental Champs Rate of Return|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 15, 1997|access-date=December 30, 2020|archive-date=May 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505044012/https://variety.com/1997/digital/features/rental-champs-rate-of-return-1116680329/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the highest grossing comedy film until the release of ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' (which was also written by Ramis and produced by Reitman) and the seventh highest-grossing film of the 1970s.{{r|neumer2003}} Adjusted for inflation, it is the 68th highest-grossing film in North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm|title=All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2019-02-12|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407023310/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Internationally, it did not do as well, earning rentals of only $9 million, for a worldwide total of $80 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Box Office Abroad Now More Valuable|date=September 28, 1987|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|page=D1|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/28/business/box-office-abroad-now-more-valuable.html|access-date=December 30, 2020|archive-date=May 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524220646/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/28/business/box-office-abroad-now-more-valuable.html|url-status=live}}</ref>